Following the G8 Summit, Richard Laing of emerging markets investor CDC outlines why Africa needs long-term private equity capital for a long-term solution.
Babcock & Brown, the Australian investment and advisory firm, has launched a co-investment vehicle with one of London’s most formidable corporate financiers at the helm. By Andy Thomson.
Thomas H. Lee Partners has sold portfolio company National Waterworks to home improvement retail chain The Home Depot for $1.35bn.
As speculation swirls around the future of Citigroup chairman Sanford Weill, new reports suggest a possible private equity venture with Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia.
Former director at Adams Street Partners Ronan Cunningham is joining Ireland’s National Pension Reserve Fund to head up its new €3bn private equity programme.
The first closings of Abraaj Capital’s second buyout fund on $300m and Shuaa Partners’ debut vehicle on $160m indicate strong investor appetite in the Middle East for local private equity.
LBO France has entered into exclusive talks to acquire the French clay tile manufacturer from the private equity consortium.
International private equity firm The Carlyle Group is adding personnel to its US venture capital and growth capital teams.
The European mid-market firm has closed its first independent fund since spinning out from HSBC bank in 2003, backed by a range of global institutions.
With plans to invest in Hungary and other CEE countries, Euroventures has held a final close of a €51m fund backed by local and European institutional investors.
The global private equity firm has opened its seventh office in Asia, staffing a new Beijing office with four investment professionals.
The Washington DC-based private equity firm has finally wrested majority control of French portfolio company Otor from its founding management team after a protracted legal struggle.
Australia’s Macquarie Bank and a private equity affiliate have won the auction of BBC Broadcast, the digital media services arm of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
The Boston-based private equity firm has closed two new funds on more than $3.3bn.
The team that spun out from Coller Capital in 2004 has announced the close of its debut private equity secondary fund on €52m.