Private Equity
The Pennsylvania gatekeeper has bought a controlling stake in The Richcourt Group, a fund of hedge funds manager.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
One of the biggest public pension funds in the US has approved a 13 percent allocation to private equity, real estate and hedge funds, opening up a source of capital to alternative investment funds that may be worth $10 billion over five years.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
EMP Europe has agreed to sell its interest in Slovenian broadband communications provider Telemach to Nasdaq-listed UnitedGlobalCom as part of a €71m transaction.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
ISIS Equity Partners, the private equity branch of F&C Asset management, has made almost two times its money from its two-year investment in Brownsword Limited.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
France Telecom has agreed to sell its remaining 36 percent stake in French broadcaster TDF for approximately €390m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT has signed an agreement with Ireland’s Jefferson Smurfit Group to acquire its Munksjö speciality paper business.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Scott Delman, a co-founder of Capital Z’s $2.25bn private equity fund of funds programme, will resign from the firm next year, a firm spokesperson confirmed.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-based private equity firm has signed an agreement to acquire the German motorway service station group for €1.035bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Carlyle Group and Advent International have acquired German plastics manufacturer HT Troplast from Ruetgers AG in a deal thought to be worth around €300m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
GIMV’s Halder has sold German PVC window profile manufacturer Gealan to AXA Private Equity for in undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012