Private Equity
3i’s listed infrastructure fund, which will float in March, hopes to raise up to £1.3 billion to invest in infrastructure assets in Europe, the US and India.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The world’s largest home improvement retailer is evaluating a sale, spin-off, or initial public offering of its $12bn revenue wholesale distribution business, HD Supply.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Alto Partners, a Milan-based private equity firm, has made its final close of Alto Capital II. The fund was targeting €150m, but the final amount has not been disclosed.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, has leapt to the defence of the private equity and hedge fund industries, while criticising their public relations efforts.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone and the Wallenbergs take an early lead in the €3 billion race for Mölnlycke, a Swedish medical products manufacturer.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity is likely to have another big year backing technology buyouts in the UK, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, as trade buyers return elsewhere.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK’s industry body is set to meet with trade union representatives, as two Labour deputy leadership candidates support union opposition to private equity.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity investor and asset management company has launched its first hedge fund to exploit its proprietary investment techniques to the full.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has invested €56 million in a French information technology services company that is hoping to double revenues to €1bn in three to five years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The two buyout firms are creating one of Europe’s largest waste management companies offering everything from collection and treatment of waste to recycling and consultancy.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
