Private Equity
RTR, an Italian solar power generation business owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, has acquired 10 photovoltaic plants from Terna, the operator and owner of Italy’s high-voltage grid. The deal is valued at €264m.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Paul Costello has joined the global alternatives group as non-executive chairman to grow its Australasian business.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Citadel Capital has experienced turmoil this year, and while this week's second quarter results showed a net loss of $4.2m, a rights issue has helped bring the group back onto an even keel.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm will try and capitalise on opportunities created by Colombia’s growing economy and the easing of local regulatory pressure on private equity.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Brazilian asset manager has committed its entire energy-focused private equity fund, which has not yet reached final close, to numerous hydro and wind-power projects in Brazil.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Vancouver-based firm’s fourth buyout fund is nearly fully invested following the purchase of a minority stake in commercial real estate services company Avison Young.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Updated risk-based capital holding requirements have spurred the French family banking group to offload its private equity fund of funds business to management, led by David Seligman.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
OMERS Private Equity has purchased Michigan-based Great Expressions Dental Centers, a ‘recession resistant’ business, according to the Toronto-based pension.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
As the firm toasts one of the biggest European final fund closes since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, EQT is hard at work planning its next exit: the sale of Danish business KMD.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Europe’s venture capital community should trumpet its achievements but re-adjust expectations as to what constitutes success, writes Alliott Cole, principal at Octopus Investments.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
