Capital Today, a Shanghai-based growth capital provider, has closed its first private equity fund $80 million above target.
Credit Suisse has held a $2.1 billion close on its latest fund DLJ Merchant Banking Partners IV.
The London-based firm has abandoned plans to list a €1 billion public fund on Euronext, citing concerns over similar vehicles trading at a discount to the issue price.
The UK venture firm has closed the largest venture fund raised in Europe for the last twelve months, breaking the £100m for the second time in five years.
The Swiss alternative assets manager rounds off a spate of activity with the close of its latest European fund of buyout funds on €368m taking the total firepower of its 2006 fundraising to €1.6bn.
3i consortium will have to work hard to make bid premium pay in its proposed takeover of Anglian Water’s UK owner, according to broker Collins Stewart.
The Nordic alternative assets investor has followed up an exit earlier this week with an acquisition today.
The UK mid-market firm hopes to complete its buyout of British Car Auctions in the next month and to benefit from long-term growth trends in the UK and abroad.
The US bank remains deliberately vague on the details, but in an interview its chief financial officer confirmed plans to reverse its 2004 decision to abandon private equity investing.
Stockholm-based Aberdeen Property Investors has announced a $91m first close for its Asia real estate fund of funds vehicle.
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.