Private Equity
The London-based buyout firm is opening an operation in France recruiting former NewBridge co-founder Didier Riebel and ex-SPEF LBO managing director Laurent Allégot. The firm is targeting €100m with its first dedicated French vehicle.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm has made its first foray into financial services with its second deal of the year beating off stiff competition from US rivals in an auction run by UBS.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm will invest $87m in Sinorgchem, China's largest producer of rubber antioxidant chemicals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Ney York firm has confirmed its second significant investment in the renewable energy sector with an agreement to invest in a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Advent will add family-owned French fashion brand Gérard Darel to its extensive retail portfolio. The firm, which has had a local presence in France since 1997, is looking to international expansion to maximise the value of its investment.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Global Infrastructure Partners and energy company Fortistar have acquired bankrupt Texas power generation plant Channelview after US courts approved the deal last month.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Respondents to a recent survey also said sovereign funds’ long-term strategy makes them more appealing than other LPs.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Paris-based private equity arm of French insurer AXA has divested itself of a 2005 investment from its third fund following the recent close of Fund IV on €1.6 billion; AXA Private Equity has also opened an office in Zurich.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The venture investors have co-led the funding round for Germany’s Sulfercell, which will support the construction of a manufacturing facility. The investment is the first for CCC’s €200m private equity fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment firm is betting on China’s alternative energy sector through a joint venture with India’s Tanti Group. The deal is Arcapita’s first in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
