Private Equity
The global private equity firm has increased its offer for ElkCorp to about $1.05 billion as it plans to merge the company with roofing materials manufacturer Atlas Roofing Corporation.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Ferranti Capital, a Chinese private equity firm, has made its first investment outside China of £5.75m and is raising a fund to be listed on AIM later this year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Citigroup Alternative Investments has appointed Mathias Giebken to be its first head of institutional sales in Germany and Austria.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Growth in internet advertising is fuelling media consolidation and private equity is playing its role the tune of €19bn with deals like Clear Channel boosting the total, writes Jennifer Bollen.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Paul Myners, City of London grandee, believes a flexible and open approach to investment decisions should mean private equity is an option for pension funds today.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Nordic private equity firm Industri Kapital is making its first investment this year, by buying most of the shares in a transmission equipment manufacturer owned by private equity firm CapMan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK-based placement agent has hired Clive Norton as a managing director.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Leading advisers to private equity are beginning to come out in support of the industry, following a wave of recent criticism.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed its first deal, paying an undisclosed sum for two Latin American consumer finance businesses.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone has completed its second transaction in the healthcare sector in a month after raising £127.5m through the placement of half of its stake in Southern Cross Healthcare Group.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
