Private Equity
Stephan Lobmeyr, currently a director at Hicks Muse (Europe), is leaving to take up a role with Change Capital Partners.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
Roberto Italia, who left the European buyout operation of Henderson Private Capital in late 2004, has joined European private equity group Cinven.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
As private equity players monitor the ever-increasing influence of hedge funds in the industry, new figures show that hedge fund assets managed in London rose by 60% to reach $190bn in 2004.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-based buyout firm has sold more than 40 percent of its interest in German cable TV firm Premiere through a 12x over-subscribed IPO.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Mid-market investor HgCapital has agreed to sell FTE Automotive, a clutch-making business, to PAI Partners for €370 million, generating a profit of €145 million.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Goldman Sachs has entered final-stage talks to acquire a €2bn portfolio of bad loans from German bank Delmora, beating off competition from Lone Star and Lehman Brothers.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Washington, DC-based affiliate of the Texas Pacific Group has acquired Gbarbosa, a Brazilian supermarket chain, its third investment in a Latin American retailer.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Canadian early-stage technology firm has closed an oversubscribed venture capital fund, its third since inception.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
