The global private equity firm is demonstrating a penchant for investing in other firms’ funds. But don’t expect it to launch a fund of funds operation just yet, reports Andy Thomson.
Armed with its new €5.8bn buyout fund, pan-European LBO house BC Partners has hired Nikos Stathopoulos from Apax and Giampiero Mazza from Englefield.
The Group, a new United Arab Emirates private equity firm, has been set up to invest AED200m in the region.
The UK mid-market private equity firm has announced changes to its senior management team, with Chris Dowling stepping down as managing partner.
Days after the official launch of Blackstone’s $11bn fund, BC Partners has closed the largest-ever European buyout fund on “over €5.5bn”.
The recent announcement that UK pension fund Railpen has set aside four percent of total assets for allocation to hedge funds should come as no surprise: it has always been an adventurous investor. Andy Thomson reports.
The Paris-based private equity group has launched its first Asian fund of funds with a closing target of between $150 million and $200 million.
Despite Carlyle’s recent abandonment of its Russian fundraising effort, Delta Private Equity has held a successful close of a $120m fund dedicated to Russia and Ukraine.
Terra Firma Capital Partners is set to sign terms to acquire German property group Viterra for €7 billion in Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.
The private equity arm of Credit Suisse First Boston has closed its third secondary fund on $2.4 billion to invest in buyout, venture capital and real estate partnerships.
The US buyout giant has given up its attempts to raise a $300m Russian fund due to lack of investor interest.
The UK lower mid-market private equity firm has capped its second fund just seven months after launch and well ahead of an initial £200m target.
The Spanish-based private equity group has held a first close on €51m of its second fund devoted to Bulgaria and Romania.
Israel-focused venture firm Benchmark Capital has closed its $250m Fund II while Israel’s Carmel Ventures has raised $200m for its second fund.
CVC Asia Pacific has closed the largest private equity fund ever raised for investment in the Asia Pacific region on almost $2bn.