Poland-based private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has purchased Romanian courier company Cargus from German courier company Deutsche Post DHL. Abris is raising its second private equity fund, targeted at EUR450 million (approximately US$587 million), to invest in Poland, Ukraine and Romania. Financial details of the transaction… Read More
Russia Partners, a Russia-focused subsidiary of private equity firm Siguler Guff & Company, has acquired a seven percent stake in Russia-based Orient Express Bank through a share offering. Existing investors also participated in the issue, including Russia-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, International Finance Corporation… Read More
VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russian financial services firm VTB Group, has announced an agreement to sell a 25 percent stake in Russ Outdoor, a local outdoor advertising company, to French global outdoor advertising company JCDecaux. Under the terms of the transaction, which is pending anti-monopoly approval, JCDecaux… Read More
IN THIS ISSUE Articles European Bank Deleveraging: Opportunities and Challenges for EM PE Investors Guest Commentary: Investment Strategies for Russia: XENON Capital Partners’ Experience Inside Perspectives: An Interview with Piero Minardi of Gávea Investimentos VIEWPOINT FROM EMPEA PRESIDENT AND CEO SARAH ALEXANDER The old adage, “in chaos,… Read More
XENON Capital Partners, founded by Natasha Tsukanova in 2009, is a Moscow-based investment advisory and investment management firm. In this article, Stanislav Song, Chief Strategist of XENON Capital Partners, describes how private equity participants can successfully navigate and invest in the challenging Russian market based on lessons XENON learned via structuring, marketing and… Read More
XENON Capital Partners, founded by Natasha Tsukanova in 2009, is a Moscow-based investment advisory and investment management firm. In this article, Stanislav Song, Chief Strategist of XENON Capital Partners, describes how private equity participants can successfully navigate and invest in the challenging Russian market based on lessons XENON learned via structuring, marketing and… Read More
International Finance Corporation has announced a US$20 million investment in Russian private equity fund Elbrus Capital Fund II and a EUR15 million (approximately US$19.4 million) investment in Turkish private equity fund Mediterra Capital Partners I. Elbrus Capital Fund II, managed by Russian private equity firm Elbrus Capital, is targeting… Read More
The Russian government’s equity investment fund, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has announced the investment of US$50 million, along with global asset manager BlackRock, Russia-focused private equity firm Russia Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siguler Guff & Company, and other institutional investors in MD Medical Group (MDMG), a… Read More
Ukraine-based private equity fund manager Horizon Capital and Dutch development bank FMO have invested in Biofarma, a Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturer. The capital will be used to fund the construction of a new pharmaceutical plant with upgraded manufacturing lines and laboratory equipment in the Kyiv region. The transaction marks Horizon… Read More
Russian private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners has closed its fifth Russia-focused fund, Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V, at US$1.5 billion. The fund is divided into two components: a US$1.15 billion main fund which operates as a traditional private equity fund and a US$350 million… Read More
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