Private Equity
Analysts Moody’s Investors Services highlights that a debt issuer rated one category below investment grade will double its default risk when acquired by a private equity sponsor.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
French growth capital manager Turenne Capital is listing a €60m fund on Alternext, the Paris exchange’s growth segment, after ditching plans for a €100m vehicle.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Qantas Airways’s shares rose to record high and closed 15 percent higher today after the national carrier confirmed an approach by Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific Group.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The ratings agency says infrastructure is overvalued, blaming private equity interest in the sector and cheap financing.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Argus Capital Partners, an eastern European private equity fund, has exceeded the hard cap on its second fund and will make the fund’s first investment in a Polish manufacturer.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The Australian airline has rejected a A$10.9bn offer from a consortium including several private equity firms.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
In a $200m deal, the Credit Suisse spin-out has agreed to acquire 50 percent of Thompson Publishing Group, the other half of which it obtained from Credit Suisse in July.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
The Bahrain investment group raised $420m in London and boosted its profile with investors, while retaining its domestic quote.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
According to Private Equity Real Estate, the supersized war chest points to the continued influence of private equity firms on real estate around the world.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
A new JPMorgan survey has found that roughly one-third of US pension funds will increase their allocations to private equity.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
