Private Equity
The UK government-backed fund of funds has invested in two new vehicles: India Financial Inclusion Fund and Catalyst Microfinance Investors.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Dubai International Capital and Dubai Group have been placed into the same holding company, while the debt-laden emirate has also combined back office functions for its three real estate entities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A study released today has found private equity-controlled firms are 2% more productive and have 72% more effective management than their government, family or privately owned equivalents. Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner also said that private equity-backed firms ‘come out on top’ during recessions.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK government-backed fund of funds has taken on ex-Unilever executive Shonaid Jemmett-Page in the new role.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The pioneering microinsurance fund has garnered $50m from the likes of the European Investment Bank and Dutch development finance company FMO. The fund will invest in developing countries in Africa and Asia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Italian luxury yacht manufacturer Ferretti has become the latest private equity-backed company to miss an interest payment and begin debt facility renegotiations. Candover bought a controlling stake in the firm in 2006.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Almost half of the banking giant’s £10.4bn leveraged loan book comprises loans relating to the take-private of Alliance Boots and the AA Saga merger. The bank is holding the loans, rather than selling ‘into an unwilling market’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Suzanne Donohoe, who will also oversee capital raising for KKR, continues its recent expansion amid further reductions in staff by many other private equity firms.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based firm has added on two companies to healthcare platform Enara Group, which last week acquired Surrey-based Beech Care and Nursing Agency.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity firm originally invested $150m in Ovation Pharmaceuticals seven years ago.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
