Having tapped both equity and fixed interest investors, the Helsinki-based private equity firm has announced the final close of its latest mezzanine fund.
The emerging markets private equity investor will sell its 9.3% stake in Celtel as part of the trade sale to Kuwaiti mobile communications company MTC.
The $300m GCC Energy Fund has been launched by Standard Bank, Gulf International Bank and Emirates National Oil Company.
Three years after finding $400m for its first fund, the healthcare specialist has raised a fresh pool of capital.
The insurance giant’s Global Investment Group has agreed to buy the private equity assets of Dresdner Bank’s Institutional Restructuring Unit, which has approximately €1.1bn worth of interests in about 150 funds.
San Francisco-based private equity firm Energy Investors Fund has issued $295m in bonds to refinance bank debt and pay a dividend on its Crockett Cogeneration investment.
The Central and Eastern Europe private equity firm has announced two telecoms exits in the Czech Republic and Romania, which will return $337m to its investors.
The Boston media buyout firm’s fifth fund reportedly took investments only from investors who had backed one of ABRY’s previous vehicles.
Roberto Italia, who left the European buyout operation of Henderson Private Capital in late 2004, has joined European private equity group Cinven.
Vladimir Jacimovic, former managing director and founding partner of Crosslink Capital, has joined the veteran venture capital firm.
Former executives of the venture lending institution Silicon Valley Bank next week will announce the close of first venture debt fund that will serve early-stage and venture-backed tech and life sciences companies.
Evergreen Pacific Partners hopes to use connections in the Western US and Canada to find deal flow for its new buyout fund.
The private equity energy specialist has named Alex Krueger a managing director in the firm’s Connecticut office.
Troubled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan announced its MMC Capital private equity unit is to become independent.
Atlanta-based Roark Capital enters the institutional private equity world with its first fund, raising $413m in just six months.