Private Equity
HSBC Private Equity Asia, the Asian private equity arm of the HSBC Group, has posted a final closing of its third fund on US$700 million.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Star Capital has agreed to acquire a one-third stake in the consortium that manages one-third of London Underground from embattled support services group Jarvis for just over £100m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Swedish mid-market private equity firm has announced the purchase of an 82 percent stake in Plastal from Gilde, GE Equity and BBL Private Equity.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The newly-independent Dutch private equity firm, formerly known as NeSBIC, has closed its second fund ahead of a €200m target.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
BC Partners has realised its investment in a 49% interest in KTM, the Austrian sports motorcycle maker it helped take private in 1999.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Hugh Richards of Exponent Private Equity offers a personal perspective on spinning out of an institutional private equity manager.
5 min read · 30 December 2012
The New York buyout firm has agreed to sell Key Components, a maker of custom engineered components, to global industrial conglomerate Actuant.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
3i has confirmed its second senior hire from outside the organisation with the announcement that Simon Ball will join the firm as finance director in February 2005.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
In its fourth French exit of the year, ABN AMRO Capital has sold the remaining division of the De Dietrich chemical group to the De Dietrich family for €270m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The growing importance of the UK private equity market and an increasing number of exits from portfolio companies are highlighted in two surveys of the industry.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
