Private Equity
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buyout firm, has bought UN Ro-Ro in its first transaction in Turkey, making it the latest firm to gain exposure to the country and the neighbouring MENA region.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Belgian venture firm is blazing a trail in Europe with a dedicated clean technology fund as investment in the market surges globally to more than $1 billion in the first six months of the year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As established private equity markets slow in the wake of the credit crunch, global firms are looking further afield and local emerging market managers know this is no flash in the pan, Nicholas Lockley writes.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Helix Associates, the private equity placement agent division of Jefferies Investment Bank, has hired the former co-head of Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group, Robert Rivett, as well as Stephen Gray, former managing director at corporate advisory firm Henniker River Advisors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European venture firm is backing two cash generative internet businesses, an open source ad server and a provider of real-time, personalised recommendations to millions of users of eCommerce websites.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
VSS has agreed to pay $185 million for direct marketing company TRANZACT, generating for its owner, Halyard Capital, a return of 12 times its investment and an 85 percent IRR.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The lower mid-market UK firm has capitalised on the surging interest in the smaller end of the buyout market as the credit crunch cripples its mega fund peers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity consortium that five years ago paid $1.5 billion for Burger King continues to profit from its investment in the fast food chain. A secondary offering will raise $450 million for the firms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Linklaters’ banking partners Annette Kurdian and Nick Syson outline the shift to tighter deal terms and structure which began amid last summer’s liquidity crisis and shows little sign of abating.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
