Private Equity
The winning contractor saw off three rival bidders for the contract to renew and replace over 2,500km of railway infrastructure across the UK over the next four years.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has reportedly told investors it is planning up to 13 exits in the near future.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Prime minister Gordon Brown has unveiled proposals to sell ‘non-financial’ assets including transport infrastructure, student loans, a uranium processing business and a state-owned bookmaker.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Two successful exits – one of which achieved a 6.6x multiple – and two more in the pipeline should help the French venture firm push its latest fundraising effort over the finish line.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based private equity firm has made its second significant investment in the renewable energy sector with an agreement to invest in a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Advent hopes to capitalise on the highly fragmented German debt collection market with the purchase of GFKL Financial Services.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The bingo and bookmaking group owned by UK-based private equity firms Candover, Cinven and Permira is in talks to reduce its £2.6bn debt burden.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Italian lower mid-market firm hit the hard cap for its first institutional fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity and real estate firm has fallen short of its target, but raised 35% more than Fund II.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The publicly listed firm's India Growth Opportunity Fund aims to hold a $150m first close by the end of the year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
