Private Equity
The Swiss alternative asset manager has opened in Luxembourg, where it will use an investor-friendly funds regime to structure products. The firm has already set up some of its funds in the country.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Benetton-backed entity that owns Aeroporti di Roma and controls Italian highway manager Atlantia has said it will sell a 3 percent stake to the sovereign fund as it raises capital for infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone chairman and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman has spoken out in the industry’s defence, championing private equity as “a force for good”.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i has provided growth capital to help Unión Radio, the Latin American and Spanish radio operator, on its path to an initial public offering.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
London-based emerging market investment specialist Aureos has taken a minority stake in a Thai engineering firm.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK's Minister for Asia, Africa and the UN called on emerging markets managers not to shirk their social and enviromental responsibilities in the countries where they invest.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Richard Allsopp, head of UBS’ placement business, which he helped establish, is the latest to leave banking. He is joining Babcock and Brown, one of his clients.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK-listed fund 3i has agreed to purchase a 19.5 percent stake in Phibro Animal Health for $52.7 million as the company prepares to float on London’s AIM.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The firm’s realisation of its 25 percent stake in dairy company Senoble and its acquisition of a holding in insurer Hyperion are another instance of its increasing activity in growth capital.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Swiss alternative asset manager‘s executive chairman Alfred Gantner said 'the time is back when you’ve got to invest'.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
