Private equity stalwart Guy Hands is in early talks with the China Development Bank on launching a global renewables-focused fund. Terra Firma will help sell the fund to European and US investors while the Chinese bank will focus on Chinese LPs.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Boston-based firm is poised to make its first Spanish investment, after agreeing to acquire call centre business Atento for more than €1bn.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
HIG Capital has invested €16m in a Spanish provider of audiovisual services. The investment comes after rating agency S&P downgraded Spain's credit rating to BBB-.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Allied World Assurance's investment in the Mark Patterson-led firm follows Florida SBA's purchase of an interest in Providence Equity Partners last month.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
European deal volume and value continue to slow amid ongoing volatility in the region, according to Q3 CMBOR data.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
The $50.8bn retirement system committed almost $950m to private debt funds at its meeting last month, focusing its strategy on the US and European mid-markets.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Oxfam and Symbiotics’ innovative new fund hopes to stimulate job creation in developing countries by funnelling investor money to financial intermediaries, writes James Taylor
5 min read · 14 January 2013
Managing director Olivier Berment will lead the French group’s private debt business alongside Cécile Mayer-Lévi.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Private Equity firms can add value to mergers and acquisitions by taking an issues-based approach to due diligence rather than a purely financial one, argues Ernst & Young's Michel Driessen.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Oaktree’s NPL securitisation points to a new financing option for private equity real estate firms, as well as the potential resurgence of US real estate finance in general.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
