Three firms have raised the bar with a double telecom deal, buying two assets in a single transaction for €1.2bn with a record debt package of €750m.
Danish investment firm Sparinvest has closed its fund of funds on $640m, which will invest in property vehicles around the world.
The Benelux-focused buyout firm has bought a subsidiary of the UK food business Uniq and sold CABB, a German specialty chemicals business to Axa Private Equity.
Europe’s biggest quoted private equity business has held the final close on its €5bn buyout fund, the largest pool of capital focused on the European mid-market.
ING Real Estate has closed its first China-focused opportunity fund on $350m with plans to focus on residential developments in primary and secondary cities.
On the back of good interim six-month results, Europe’s largest quoted private equity manager is looking to launch a standalone infrastructure business.
Ironbridge Capital, an Australian private equity firm that spun out of Gresham Private Equity in 2003, has raised A$1.05 billion for its second fund.
Private equity firms RREEF and H&Q Asia Pacific have teamed up with Hilton Hotels to build more than 20 hotels in China.
Montagu Private Equity, a UK mid market firm, is parting with its second UK head in just over a year as Nigel Hammond leaves to pursue other interests.
Sphere Private Equity, a South African joint venture with African fundraising record-holder Ethos, has closed its fund on on a more modest R300 million.
Europe’s largest quoted private equity group is set to make a return of about 150 percent on the sale of its majority stake in the shipbuilding supplier.
Ethos Private Equity, a South African buyout manager, has closed the largest dedicated fund for the region, building on its reputation as a specialist for Black Economic Empowerment transactions.
UK’s first venture capital fund dedicated to women-focussed businesses is due to close ahead of its sponsor Bank of Scotland’s Global Banking Alliance for Women Annual Summit in Glasgow.
GBS Finanzas, a Madrid-based investment bank that has sourced a number of deals for Spanish private equity firms, is planning a fund of its own.
The India-focused private equity real estate fund has completed three projects in the last month, raising their total investment in property on the subcontinent to $1 billion. By Aaron Lovell.