The Global Firms’ Views Koenraad Foulin, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner, Capital International Private Equity Funds For Capital Group, 2013 was a year to invest beyond the BRICs. Our 2011 fund, CIPEF VI, completed four new investments—three of which were in emerging markets outside the BRIC countries. We made our… Read More
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has made a minority investment in India-based hospital and healthcare provider Global Health. The transaction, which was structured through Carlyle Asia Partners III, included the acquisition of an equity stake held by global investment firm Avenue Capital Group. Financial details of the… Read More
Russia-focused private equity firm CapMan Russia, a subsidiary of Finland-based fund manager CapMan Group, has sold its holding in Russia-based pig farm operator Russian Baltic Pork Invest (RBPI) to Thailand-listed agro-food company Charoen Pokphand Foods. The transaction was structured through CapMan Russia Fund. Prior to the transaction, CapMan Russia,… Read More
Russia and CIS-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners and Russian sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced a US$48 million joint investment in newly issued shares of Australia-listed Tigers Realm Coal (TIG), a company with coking coal assets in Russia’s Chukotka province. Baring Vostok,… Read More
European private equity firm Montagu Private Equity has agreed to a sell a 100 percent stake in Poland-based Emitel, owner and operator of a nationwide network of tower infrastructure sites, to investment funds managed by infrastructure investment firm Alinda Capital Partners. Montagu, along with co-investors private equity firms Innova… Read More
Global growth markets investor The Abraaj Group will acquire an 80 percent stake in Turkey-based dairy products manufacturer Yörsan. A player in the domestic cheese and yogurt market, Yörsan products are exported to 17 countries including the U.S. and Japan. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to… Read More
European private equity firm 21 Partners has held a first close on mid-market fund 21 Concordia with EUR60 million (approximately US$81 million) in capital commitments. Investors include development finance institutions European Investment Fund (EIF) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as Polish Growth Fund of Funds,… Read More
VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia-based VTB Group, has completed the sale of its stake in Russia-based Luxoft Holding, a provider of software development services and IT solutions, in a secondary public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that was more than three times oversubscribed. VTB… Read More
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based manager of alternative investment products, will acquire a minority stake in Turkey-based meat producer Namet, which offers products such as pastrami, sausage, salami, bacon, smoked hot dogs and roast beef. Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to approval by the Turkish Competition Authority, were… Read More
Germany-based telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has agreed to acquire Poland-based telecommunications service provider GTS Central Europe from the company’s private equity backers, including private equity firm Columbia Capital, fund of funds HarbourVest Partners, mid-market private equity firm Innova Capital and private equity firm M/C Partners, for EUR546 million (approximately… Read More
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