Private Equity
A meeting between the two countries’ prime ministers, Gordon Brown and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani, has resulted in the launch of Europe-focused cleantech fund and the creation of a 'Low Carbon Innovation Centre' in Qatar.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The fund, which is twice the size of its predecessor, has made its maiden investment: a £50m secondary buyout of a UK-based aerospace parts supplier.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The former Arques Industries team has raised €300m since May in what it describes as a fundraising environment that ‘could not have been more difficult’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The London-headquartered mid-market investor has nearly doubled the size of its previous fund, garnering large re-ups from existing investors like CalPERS.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The oldest buyout firm in France will go to market in January to raise the successor to its €150m small-cap fund raised in 2006. Meanwhile, its latest mid-market fund, reportedly targeting €1.2bn, will close before the end of the year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
SS&C Technologies, which develops financial management software for hedge funds and institutional investors, filed for a NASDAQ float last year. Carlyle acquired the company in a $941m take-private in 2005.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Melbourne-headquartered firm expands New York investment team to support investment plans in the US.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm has reunited with the management team behind Optimum Care and Avery Healthcare to develop a new care home company.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The city will look to invest in domestic infrastructure funds after making an initial investment in the asset class earlier this year and taking a beating in its US equity allocation over the last few weeks, according to New York City Comptroller William Thompson.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The middle market private equity investor had previously purchased securities in Bennigan’s Franchising subsidiary, which enabled it to prevent the unit from filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy alongside parent company S&A in July.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
