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.
AP Alternative Assets, the publicly quoted private equity fund launched last week by Apollo Management, a US buyout house, has raised a third more then expected.
Richard Rimer, one of four brothers at European high tech heavyweight Index Ventures, is leaving the firm to pursue his interests in medical technology.
The final sale of shares in healthcare services company WellCare Health Plans by George Soros’s former private equity unit, has delivered investors a return of 12 times their original money.
Interest is building around Bebo, a social networking site backed by Benchmark Capital, as founder Michael Birch plays down potential of approach from Viacom, a US media firm.
The Japan-focused private equity house has acquired OCC Corporation, a cable systems company, from the IRCJ, the state-backed corporate rescue organisation.