Private Equity
Amid uncertainty over how the government bailout of its parent company will affect its future, AIG Investments closed a deal yesterday with an undisclosed investment in Blue Intercontinental Micro Finance Bank.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Already active in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, the Dutch limited partner is looking to take advantage of the investment opportunity in Africa, CEO Volker Doeksen said today in New York. The Netherlands-based investor pursues fund, secondary, co-investment and mezzanine opportunities.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The middle market specialist has added the three-term Republican governor to its executive advisory board.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
In a bid to consolidate the industry at the start of a ‘nuclear fuel cycle’, the US energy industry specialist has recruited two veterans of nuclear power to form Accord Nuclear Resources, a platform from which to build an integrated nuclear fuel supplier.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets specialist has executed another African PIPE deal, this time taking part of Tunisia’s largest listed company.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets private equity firm has acquired Teknicast in what is its second management buyout in Malaysia's aluminium sector and third overall in the country.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Aureos Capital has made its first investment in Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Tonga offers investment opportunities that are driven by increasing tourist arrivals in the Kingdom and the resulting need for infrastructure development.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets specialist has sold its stake in Uganda Microfinance Limited to Kenya-based Equity Bank, as it nears a $200m first close on its $400m Pan-African fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Having originally set out to raise €10m by the end of the year from both institutions and individuals, InReturn Capital is upping its target in response to strong demand.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity firm will likely hold a first close on more than $523m, topping its entire previous fund. Launched in the second quarter of this year, the fund will be one of the largest dedicated pan-Africa funds raised to date if it meets its target.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
