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Emerging European markets draw infrastructure investors

Eastern and Central European countries with programmes encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Paine & Partners targets Nordic region

The US firm has hired former bankers to invest in the region’s financial services, energy and seafood sectors.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Debut French fund seeks crunch victims

Vermeer Capital, the turnaround firm, set up by seasoned veterans of French business and restructuring, has raised €75m for its first fund.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Balderton scores home run with social network

The sale of Bebo, a social networking site, to AOL is another validation of the European venture model, just as investor interest begins to grow.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Fifty finest

Private Equity International is proud to present its selection of markettransforming individuals who give shape and character to private equity today. The list, which is not a ranking, is ordered alphabetically.

10 min read · 04 January 2013

Aquiline invests in Dutch online brokerage

The financial services buyout firm, headed by former Marsh & McLennan chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg, has purchased a 5.1 percent stake in BinckBank.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

3i buys IT consultancy for £190m

The UK investment firm has carried out the second AIM take-private this year as European mid-market buyout firms continue investing.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Headway closes €150m secondaries fund

All the investors in the company’s €52m debut fund have returned, three years after the team left Coller Capital to set up on its own.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

NJ pension proposes $850m in PE commitments

The New Jersey Division of Investment has proposed commitments to four private equity funds following an increase in allocation limits for alternatives.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

French firm closes growth fund on €50m

XAnge has closed its most recent fund, counting Moroccan LPs among its investors.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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