Private Equity
The mystery of who would be the fourth member of the equity syndicate for Gatwick Airport has been solved, with Australia’s Future Fund paying £145m for a 17.2% stake in the Global Infrastructure Partners-owned asset.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Fund of funds manager SL Capital Partners has launched a mid-market product, mirroring a similar initiative in North America.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Three weeks ago, PERE caught up with Martyn McCarthy, European chief executive of Valad Europe, the multi-let specialist with €5bn of assets under management.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
British venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners will sell BioVex, a company developing cancer treatments, to US trade buyer Amgen.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The senior European managers of Sydney-based real estate fund manager Valad have made an indicative proposal to buy out the €5 billion platform
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The London-headquartered firm, which has backed companies such as Caffè Nero, is nearing its £100m target.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has teamed up with German retail real estate investment and development firm Redos Real Estate to ‘invest several hundred million Euros’ in retail properties in Germany. The partnership, MSREI’s second struck this year in Europe, has started with the €150 million purchase of a 23-asset strong portfolio.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European firm has acquired a 96% stake in UK-based food importer and distributor Classic Fine Foods, with the intention of expanding its operations into China.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Andrew Rickman, chairman of the Rockley Group, a China-focused technology investor, explains why rapid success can sometimes be a bad thing for Chinese companies.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet become both joint CEO’s and CIO’s of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, the real estate investment business of Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley. Both were recruited for other roles by the bank earlier this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
