Private Equity
The emerging markets-focused private equity firm fell 40 percent short of its target, due largely to a reduction in commitment size from anchor investor CDC Capital Partners.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Arun Sarin, former chief of Accel-KKR Telecom, has returned to work for the publicly traded asset management firm.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
United Malt Holdings will be bought by listed Australian grain handler GrainCorp.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The reported $4bn sale of Kosmos Energy to ExxonMobil comes as institutional investors show increasing appetite for natural resources.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment has been made as the firm raises its third pan-African vehicle, which is targeting $1bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Actis’s head of Africa tells about the challenges facing the continent and its pending growth story.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity interest in West Africa continues to gather momentum, the latest example being the establishment of ARM Capital Partners.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has hired former Pequot Capital chief investment strategist Byron Wien as it looks to macroeconomic analysis to help spend its $29bn in dry powder.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Bridge Capital, a South African corporate and property advisor, is launching a €130 million fund to take advantage of South African opportunities. The firm points to IPD, whose world property index suggests the South African market has been one of the best performers in the last six years.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The joint venture between Baltimore-based Municipal Mortgage & Equity and a Dublin-based syndicate of private investors is poised to close on its first South Africa housing fund. It is already eying a bigger second vehicle to invest on a pan-African basis.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
