The financial services-focussed US buyout firm’s investment will fund the launch of a new investment arm, Kessler Capital Corporation.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A leading fund manager said today that the shock waves emanating from the subprime mortgage crisis in the US could stifle investment activity in the European commercial real estate market.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The European mid-market firm Bridgepoint is beginning discussions with investors for its fourth fund, targeting a 45 percent increase on its 2005 fund Bridgepoint Europe III.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Coates Hire, a heavy equipment rental company listed in Australia, has rejected a revised offer put forward by The Carlyle Group and a strategic local investor.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Metalmark has sold Cantera Natural Gas, a portfolio company it created through a series of acquisitions, to Copano Energy.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Ethos Private Equity, one of South Africa’s largest domestic buyout firms, and Goldman Sachs are heading a consortium to buy local casino Gold Reef Resorts, in the US investment bank’s first deal in the country.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR is reportedly unlikely to yield much on debt terms.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
SAC Private Capital, the private equity arm of a US hedge fund group, has acquired a control stake in Cosmos Bank at a discount, saving it from government receivership.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
US buyout firm TPG is considering a bid for cable broadband company Virgin Media. It is also lining up its first Russian deal.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Nicholas Lockley, editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the headlines of the last four weeks on the web.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
