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.
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.
The Washington DC-based private equity firm has unveiled a three-strong Indian buyout investment team, who will ply their trade out of Mumbai.
The London-listed global private equity firm has stepped up its limited partner activities with a substantial investment in I2, a UK-based infrastructure fund.
The global venture capital firm says its $45m investment in Nimbus is the largest ever private equity investment in the Indian media and entertainment industry.
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.
The Group, a new United Arab Emirates private equity firm, has been set up to invest AED200m in the region.
All is not peace and harmony between Russia and the US in Europe’s Black Sea region. But investment groups from the two countries have joined forces to prove that co-operation is possible when money – not politics – is the motivation. Andy Thomson reports.
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.