Private Equity
Emerging markets specialist Aureos Capital is continuing its march into new markets for Asian private equity, with the firm honing in on Bangladesh for its latest endeavour. By Judy Kuan.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
In the latest in a string of investments in the financial technology sector, the Boston-based firm has acquired 3i Group’s majority stake in software vendor SmartStream Technologies.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Dubai International Capital has followed up the purchase of Doncasters for £700m in May with the acquisition of another UK asset, budget hotel chain Travelodge.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
CDC has boosted its commitments in India by $104 million and invested in three private equity funds since March.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i and Star Capital Partners have sold Swiss aircraft maintenance company SR Technics to a consortium of investors from the United Arab Emirates for €1 bn.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Mid-market buyout firm HgCapital’s trust posts a rosy set of interim numbers for the first six months of 2006, highlighting the attraction of quoted vehicles for investors.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Three groups led by Terra Firma Capital Partners, UBS and Macquarie are understood to have made formal offers in the auction for Thames Water, a UK water company owned by German utility RWE.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint, a European mid-market private equity firm, has bolstered its European advisory committee with the appointment of Sir James Crosby, former chief executive officer of HBOS.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity manager, is competing with Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and KKR for Taiwan’s top cable TV operator in a transaction estimated to fetch about $1.4 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A conversation with Martin Calderbank of Stirling Square Capital Partners, who says the London firm is all about crossing borders. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
