Private Equity
Caste Harlan and its Australian affiliate CHAMP have merged several barley malting companies to form a new global company with $400 million in revenues.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Allianz Capital Partners has sold UK care homes provider Four Seasons Healthcare to an investment fund of the Qatar Investment Authority, despite interest from 3i and Terra Firma Capital Partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Is sub-Saharan African real estate ripe for the plucking? In a recent conversation with Judy Kuan, David Morley of Actis shared why the emerging markets specialist is prudently bullish on the region’s potential.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint has made more than twice its money in the £86m secondary buyout of NES, a specialist recruitment firm, to Graphite Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two European buyout groups have taken a partial exit on their investment in Holmes Place, a European fitness chain, selling the UK business to rival Virgin Active.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity has extended to the far corners of the world, cropping up in some unexpected locales. Judy Kuan speaks with Robert Fogler, co-founder of the Rwanda-focused Thousand Hills Venture Fund, about the role for private equity in a smaller market – but one that might well be on a fast-track for growth.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
The two European buyout groups have taken a partial exit on their investment in Holmes Place, a European fitness chain, selling the UK business to rival Virgin Active.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Canada Investment Fund for Africa, to be managed by emerging markets-focused firms Actis and Cordiant, will target mid-market opportunities across Africa.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Emerging markets investor Actis has hired former Go and Virgin Nigeria Airways founder Simon Harford to pilot its Nigerian operation. Robert Venes talks to Peter Schmid, Actis’ managing partner for Africa, about Harford’s appointment and the firm’s activities in the region.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Mark Richards, an 18-year veteran of Barclays, is the second hire in recent months for Actis following the appointment of former Microsoft India MD Rajiv Kaul.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
