Private Equity
Goldman Sachs JBWere and Quadrant Private Equity, two private equity firms active in Australia and New Zealand, are co-investing in the buyout of adventure equipment maker Kathmandu Group.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
CLSA Capital Partners, the reorganized private equity business arm of CLSA Asia Pacific Markets, is poised to close a growth capital fund on $300m.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
A newly created “scorecard” takes a stab at identifying country-by-country strengths and weaknesses within the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region’s private equity industry. Judy Kuan reports.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
French media group Canal Plus has sold a 60 percent stake in struggling football club Paris St Germain to Butler Capital Partners, Colony Capital and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Los Angeles- and New York-based Qualia Capital has agreed to take over Gaylord Films and Rysher Entertainment in a reported $100m deal. The transaction represents private equity’s continued drive into the entertainment space.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based private equity firm has made its second investment from its Montagu III fund with the £182m acquisition of UK finance software provider Misys General Insurance.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Is the distressed pendulum swinging? Investors have recently been looking towards Germany for distressed debt investing—but, according to some in the space, the smart focus for bad debt investing is the US. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
A new vehicle established by the French subsidiary of global private equity firm Apax Partners has raised gross proceeds of just over €114m from its IPO on Euronext Paris.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Not a moment too soon, the BVCA has released a study detailing private equity’s many successes in the UK. Philip Borel reports.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
South Korean authorities have reportedly raided the Seoul office of Lone Star Funds, seeking evidence to tie the US firm to allegations of tax evasion and embezzlement. Lone Star is just the latest US private equity firm to become the subject of a South Korean tax probe.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
