Private Equity
Apax Partners has expanded its Paris office with the hires of three investment professionals including Bernard Bourigeaud, a technology veteran with a formidable track record in buy-and-build strategies, as a senior advisor.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The California-based gatekeeper has signed onto a global framework that allows institutional investors to evaluate their portfolios to make sure risks related to environment, social and governance issues are being addressed.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Bahrain-headquartered investment firm has hired former Morley Fund managing director and Morgan Stanley executive James Tanner as its placement chief, a role previously filled by retiring Investcorp veteran Zahid Zakiuddin.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Amadeus and Wellington have joined Ithmaar Bank as investors in EnQii, which designs and installs ‘digital out-of-home’ advertising networks. Following Ithmaar’s $10m investment last year, EnQii has made three acquisitions.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Difficult financing conditions continued to soften global buyout activity for private equity firms, with deal volumes plunging 72 percent in the first nine months of 2008. The oil and gas and mining sectors as well as Japan, India and the Middle East remained bright spots.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Permira partner Veronica Eng has said ‘any manager worth its salt’ is taking a hard look at its portfolio companies and carefully broaching new investments amid today’s unprecedented financial climate. Phoenix CFO Steve Darrington, meanwhile, expects unsettled investors to flock to smaller managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment bank has appointed Christopher Cooke, most recently at UK hedge fund CQS, as a managing director. Greenhill hired five members of Lehman Brothers' placement team in May to launch its own fundraising division.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of a 3 percent stake in French water and waste management services provider Saur Group provides a partial exit to the private equity firm and brings in a new owner, Luxembourg-based CUBE Infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The lower mid-market specialist and security infrastructure investor have teamed up to enlarge their portfolio company Gichner Systems Group by acquiring Charleston Marine Container, which makes logistic containers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Dominique Senequier, speaking at a recent press lunch, listed ageing infrastructure, regulation and new services among the drivers of growing infrastructure investment needs in OECD countries. Developing Asian economies also face steep financing challenges but offer more attractive returns.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
