Private Equity
Swiss alternative assets fund of funds manager has almost tripled profits in the six months to the end of June, undistracted by its recent flotation, but cautions more modest growth to come.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund, a Singapore-listed investment vehicle, is paying 3.95 cents a share dividend after its half-year earnings beat forecasts.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
CGS Management, a Swiss buyout firm, has raised €65m for a first close of its second fund, which focuses on a buy and build strategy in the Swiss and German-speaking countries.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Swedish healthcare company Capio has rejected a €1.67bn unsolicited offer by private equity firms Apax Partners and Nordic Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Scottish bank, one of the biggest investors in private equity in the UK, is trimming its roster of general partner relationships to focus its efforts on winning larger underwriting mandates and to give its integrated finance arm a clear pitch.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
GI Partners, a private equity firm focused on asset-backed investments, is thought to be among those making an approach for the European factory outlet centre developer.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
AlpInvest Partners, Europe’s largest backer of private equity funds, has pulled the plug on its own spinout team Taros Capital’s fundraising.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Bessemer Holdings-affiliated New York-based firm has held a first and final closing of its second fund and made the vehicle’s first investment in an industrial maintenance services company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity has extended to the far corners of the world, cropping up in some unexpected locales. Judy Kuan speaks with Robert Fogler, co-founder of the Rwanda-focused Thousand Hills Venture Fund, about the role for private equity in a smaller market – but one that might well be on a fast-track for growth.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
Shah Capital Partners, a California-based private equity firm, has led an investor group in the $170m purchase of Thales Navigation from the French defence and aerospace group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
