Southern Europe
GLOBAL - Blackstone's shares increase by over 7%
Shares of Blackstone rose by above 7% yesterday, largely a result of the expected positive earnings report to be released on 6 November.
EUROPE - Peter Combe leaves Permira Debt Managers
The head of Permira Debt Managers, Peter Combe, has left the UK private equity firm's debt fund as its second in command is promoted to prepare for the changing credit market opportunities.
ITALY - Mandarin acquires IMA stake in EUR 33m deal
Italian-Chinese private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners has acquired stake of close to 7% in pharma business IMA in a deal valued at a little over EUR 33m.
EUROPE - YELLing about debt
The painful restructuring of YELL highlights the ills of yesterday's excesses - and shows there is a lot of pain ahead, writes Kimberly Romaine .
GREECE - TPG drops out of Wind Hellas restructure bid
TPG has dropped out of the process to restructure mobile telecom operator Wind Hellas. Reports suggest that current owner Weather Investments and Aladdin Capital which co-ordinates holders of subordinated bonds worth around EUR 500m, are the only two...
Global - Sofinnova Partners sign three biotech deals
French venture investor Sofinnova Partners has participated in funding rounds for three early-stage biotech companies, committing a total of GBP 30m. In the UK, Crescendo raised GBP 4.5m, while US-based Flexion Therapeutics and DNP Green Technology received...
EUROPE – Ogier appoints five
Ogier Group, a provider of offshore legal and fiduciary services, has appointed five new members to its partnership. Jane Pearce, Paul Perris, Nicholas Plowman, Sally Edwards and Edward Mackereth will all join on 1 February 2010.
EUROPE - PE up 107% in Q3
In the midst of renewed optimism over recovery prospects in the wider economy, private equity investment activity has continued to reverse the slump that had set in at the end of last year, recording a whopping 107% increase to EUR 9.6bn (257 deals) in...
ITALY - Investindustrial boosts team
Southern European buyout firm Investindustrial has appointed Filippo Gaggini as senior partner.
ITALY - Investindustrial boosts team
Southern European buyout firm Investindustrial has appointed Filippo Gaggini as senior partner.
SPAIN - AC Desarrollo acquires Endaki stake
Ahorro Corporación Desarrollo has invested an undisclosed sum in industrial manufacturer Endaki Tecnocast, in return for a minority stake in the business of 22.5%.
GLOBAL - Blackstone investors look to raise commitments
Reports suggest that investors in Blackstone's sixth fund, Blackstone Capital Partners VI, are looking to increase the size of their original commitments to the vehicle, which launched in January 2008.
ITALY - Alto Partners acquires Diquigiovanni
Alto Partners has acquired an 80% stake in PVC window manufacturer Diquigiovanni in a deal valued at approximately EUR 10m.
EUROPE - EVCA calls for new RCAP for 2020
The EVCA has today called for an updated Risk Capital Action Plan (RCAP) for 2020, an agreement originally launched in 1998, in an effort to offset the potentially disastrous consequences of the European Commission's AIFM directive on the finance industry.
EUROPE - 3i partner McCallum leaves for KPMG
Advisory and accountancy company KPMG has hired 3i partner Blair McCallum to its firm.
US/EUROPE - First Reserve Corp adopts UN's PRI
Energy-focused investor First Reserve Corporation has today announced that it has adopted the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first energy-related private equity firm to do so.
EUROPE - Two senior partners leave Apax
It's election year and two senior figures have announced their resignation: no, not the UK's embattled Labour government, but global buyout house Apax Partners.
GLOBAL- Lionel Pincus dies
Lionel Pincus, founder and former chairman of private equity giant Warburg Pincus, died Saturday in New York after a long illness.
EUROPE/US - GI Partners closes $2bn third fund
GI Partners has held a final close of its latest vehicle, GI Partners Fund III, on close to $2bn, representing more than a 35% increase from the size of its predecessor.
ITALY - Xenon Private Equity closes fifth fund on EUR 150m
Italian lower mid-market buyout firm Xenon Private Equity has held a final close for its latest vehicle, Xenon V, on EUR 150m, surpassing its EUR 130m target.
ITALY - MCP backs Microgame as Cambria divests
International private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) has backed online game operator Microgame, in a deal thought to be valued in the tens of millions of Euros.
ITALY - Ambienta reaches final close at EUR 218m
Specialised environmental investor Ambienta has reached the final close of its inaugural fund, Ambient I, on a shade under EUR 218m.