Private Equity
Citadel Capital has sealed a successful rights issue, leaving the business well-positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the MENA region, according to co-founder Hisham El-Khazindar (pictured).
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The pension system portfolio’s 7.72% IRR since inception has benefitted in large part to the recent performance of CVC European Equity Partners IV.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm purchased aluminium and plastic films producer Terphane in 2010 through its seventh fund, which raised €680m in 2009.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
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
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
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
Warburg Pincus, KKR and Centerbridge Partners have injected $1bn into Santander Consumer USA, a car financing subsidiary of Grupo Santander.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has agreed to acquire a portfolio of consumer credit debt from Bank of America’s MBNA unit -- one of the largest issuers of credit cards. AnaCap is positioning to take advantage of banks’ divestment of non-core assets.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
