European Capital, the listed debt and equity provider, has acquired a stake in French double glazing company Devglass, ensuring a consistent investment pace this quarter.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
European buyout firm Cinven’s £2 billion bid for two divisions of media group Emap is the second largest new offer since debt market turmoil decimated the market for leveraged loans.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has successfully wooed Coates Hire, an Australian equipment rental company with the third offer it has tabled together with National Hire Group. The transaction, which values Coates Hire at A$1.7 billion, is the largest buyout in Australia this year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
US buyout firm Saratoga Partners has added Auer Lighting to its portfolio business Advanced Lighting Technologies, which it bought out of bankruptcy in 2003.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Kabir Misra is in charge of a new Softbank affiliate that is making its mark across Asia.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Asian private equity will not escape unscathed from the global credit crunch.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The quiet before another storm
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Blackstone bets on Indian construction * CLSA leads $60m Chinese water financing * Longreach, Phoenix in IT bail-out * Another Oz buyout fails * Chinese VCs busier than ever * US hedge funds bail out Taiwanese bank
4 min read · 12 January 2013
China to relax rules on foreign equity ownership * Australia clears private equity purchase of Symbion Health * Thailand: civil servant recommends alternative assets move * China restricts insurance deals
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Eric Mason heads up The Carlyle Group's leveraged finance division for Asia, a new initiative for the Washington-based private equity group which also runs debt investment teams in Europe and the US. Mason joined Carlyle in June, just before the beginning of the US subprime crisis. Before Carlyle, Mason was managing director and co-head of JP Morgan Syndicated & Leveraged Finance Asia Pacific.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
