Private Equity
The publicly listed alternative asset manager will later this year raise private equity funds for US and European developed infrastructure, as well as cleantech and renewable energies as the market for Blackstone’s core private equity business remains challenged.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Washington DC-based private equity firm has purchased a minority stake in Italian luxury sportswear group, Moncler. The deal means a partial exit for three Italian investment firms from the company that owns brands such as Moncler, Henry Cotton and Coast, Weber & Ahaus.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The mid-market private equity arm of UK bank Barclays has gained shareholder approval for the €15.50 per share buyout of Munich-based IT distributor Computerlinks.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The London- and Paris-based renewables specialist has brought a portfolio of investments under one financing regime provided by German bank Nord/LB. The firm says the refinancing, which extends financing by 16 years, will enhance returns to the fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy- and commodities-focused US firm has in the past two weeks agreed three deals worth approximately $365m. The firm, a Sowood Capital spin-out, closed its debut global energy fund on $2bn in May.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The buyout firm, set to list on the New York Stock Exchange later this year, has added John Bryson, former Edison International chairman and chief executive, as senior advisor for its infrastructure initiative. KKR announced its infrastructure initiative in May and is reportedly raising a $5bn infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European mid-market firm has turned its attention to Central and Eastern Europe with the secondary buyout of a Polish manufacturer of rail freight buffers from Advent. The region is becoming a private equity hotspot, but IK will be proceeding with care.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two appointments at Inflexion, including the hire of former Saatchinvest chief Andrew Leek, take the mid-market firm’s number of new investment team recruits to five in the last six months. The firm believes a larger team will quicken its deal-making process.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The former subsidiary of Royal London has pumped £6.1m into Raphael Healthcare in a deal that values the business at £30m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
AXA and Photonis’ management have agreed to give workers an exceptional bonus in line with Dominique Senequier’s contentious assertion last week that workers should also enjoy the fruits of outsize returns.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
