Benelux
EUROPE – European Parliament demands greater transparency
MEPs are demanding tough new regulations to force greater transparency from hedge funds and private equity groups.
NETHERLANDS - Sitra joins Capricorn Cleantech Fund
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra has commited EUR 10m to the Capricorn Cleantech Fund, which held its final close on EUR 100m last May.
NETHERLANDS – Capricorn recruits three
Capricorn has hired Daniel von Scheven as investment manager.
NETHERLANDS - Unilever et al invest EUR 1.5m in BAC
A consortium of existing investors led by Unilever Ventures and FF&P Private Equity have invested EUR 1.5m in BAC, a company specialising in affinity purification of biological materials.
GLOBAL - KKR hires new MENA head
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has appointed Makram Azar as managing director and head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
GLOBAL - HIG appoints former Apax exec
HIG Capital has appointed Tim Armstrong as managing director.
NETHERLANDS - AAC-backed Baarsma acquires Armit
AAC Capital portfolio company Baarsma Wine Group Holding, a wine distribution company, has acquired UK-based rival Armit.
GLOBAL - Lehman Brothers restructures management team
Lehman Brothers is restructuring its management team, appointing Eric Felder and Hyung Soon Lee as global co-heads of fixed income to replace Andrew Morton, who is leaving the firm after just seven months in the position.
GLOBAL - Bear Stearns Private Equity re-brands
Bear Stearns Private Equity Ltd will change its name to JP Morgan Private Equity Ltd (JPEL).
UK/NETHERLANDS – Apollo joins bidding for Reed
Apollo, alongside former non-executive director Strauss Zelnick, have jointly made a bid for publisher Reed Elsevier’s business information division.
EUROPE - Fortis launches EUR 400m clean energy fund
Fortis Investment has launched a new EUR 400m fund dedicated to investments in clean energy companies in Europe.
NETHERLANDS - Egeria sells Royal van Lent to LVMH
Egeria has sold its stake in Royal van Lent, a designer and builder of luxury custom yachts, to luxury product group LVMH Moet Hennessy.
BELGIUM - 3i sells Electrawinds
3i has sold its minority stake in renewable energy company Electrawinds to the founding majority shareholders.
NETHERLANDS - CMS Derks promotes Erick Vorst
CMS Derks Star Busmann has promoted Erik Vorst to partner.
NETHERLANDS – SpePharm raises EUR 26m
Paul Capital Healthcare, TVM Capital and Signet Healthcare Partners have invested EUR 26m into drug commercialisation business SpePharm Holding BV.
GLOBAL - First Reserve to invest in nuclear venture
According to reports, US group First Reserve, which specialises in the energy sector, will reveal plans later this week for an investment worth hundreds of millions of dollars into Accord Nuclear Resources, a nuclear fuel venture headed by two uranium...
BELGIUM - Carlyle- and Kennet-backed FRSGlobal completes acquisition
The Carlyle Group and Kennet Partners have supported portfolio company FRSGlobal, a provider of global risk and regulatory compliance reporting solutions, in its acquisition of Swiss risk management business IRIS integrated risk management solutions AG.
EUROPE - SL Capital reaches fourth closing on EUR 520m
SL Capital Partners has reached the fourth closing of its European Strategic Partners 2008 (ESP 2008) fund-of-funds on EUR 520m.
GLOBAL - Private equity drawn to distressed debt
Reports suggest that private equity firms with large pots of capital from recent fundraising efforts are taking advantage of the current market conditions by acquiring increasing amounts of distressed debt from banks.
NETHERLANDS - Waterland re-acquires JVH Gaming
Waterland has re-acquired troubled Dutch gaming machines operator JVH Gaming.
BELGIUM - KBC Arkiv invests EUR 500,000 in Dilhome
KBC Arkiv has invested EUR 500,000 in Belgian nursing house Dilhome.
GLOBAL - Carlyle’s Louis Gerstner to retire
Carlyle Group chairman Louis Gerstner has announced his intention to step down from his post next month after five and a half years at the job.
UK/NETHERLANDS - Private equity interest in Reed Elsevier's trade publishing unit
Several private equity firms are thought to be among the 12 bidders that have made it through to the second round of the auction for publisher Reed Elsevier's business magazines unit, which is expected to fetch between £1bn and £1.25bn.