UK regional turnaround specialist Endless has called in the bigger firepower of US fund Sun Capital, through its European arm to co-invest in Pearl Fittings, a manufacturer and supplier of plumbing fittings.
The central and eastern European veteran manager has closed the largest fund ever for the region, turning away €600m of commitments, and plans to extend its activity to the Ukraine and Croatia.
Henderson Equity Partners’s has agreed a £886.9m takeover of John Laing, a UK developer, while simultaneously holding a €830m close on its latest PFI secondary fund.
Benjamin Fanger and Xiaolin Zhang met as MBA students at the University of Chicago. They’re now scouring the NPL portfolios of China for value investments. By Aaron Lovell.
On the heels of recent residential and IT investments, Trikona Capital has announced a JV to invest in a mixed-use township center in Thane, Mumbai.
The US alternative assets powerhouse is coming back to market with a European offering that will secure its place at the pinacle of the buyout megafunds for now.
The French private equity firm has rolled over its investment in Sebia, a diagnostics business, while mezzanine provider Intermediate Capital Group has stepped up its exposure.
The mezzanine and preferred equity investor, founded by two former bankers, has proved its model to investors and raised twice as much as its 2004 debut.
The former buyout arm of Dutch Rabobank has closed its first fund since spinning out of the bank on target after one year’s fundraising.
The two European buyout groups have taken a partial exit on their investment in Holmes Place, a European fitness chain, selling the UK business to rival Virgin Active.
The European buyout firm is reorganising ahead of its fundraising next year and has decided to cut the number of its deal-doing partners by a quarter.
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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.
The two global buyout firms have found a route back into the Philips’ semiconductor deal which KKR and its consortium tied up at the beginning of August.
As LPs get comfortable with Asian property, a recent private equity real estate fund has raised more than $500m to invest in Indian real estate—and is widely thought to be one of the largest co-mingled vehicles focused on the subcontinent. By Aaron Lovell.