Private equity investment activity held steady for emerging markets in 2013, with deal volume gaining momentum in the last six months, according to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). This investment activity led to an overall capital flow of USD24bn in emerging markets last year, representing 883 deals and
Anergis has closed a financing round totalling CHF8m which was fully subscribed by existing investors and directors and co-led by Sunstone Capital, BioMedInvest and Renaissance PME/Vinci Capital. Anergis will use the proceeds to further advance the clinical development of its lead product AllerT, a vaccine to treat birch pollen allergy,
Cash-rich Norwegian private equity firms are eyeing up potential North Sea acquisitions, encouraged by proven management teams and reasonable market prices, claims an energy expert. Rosalie Chadwick, a partner in legal firm Pinsent Masons, believes the Scots-Nordic alliance will be strengthened in 2014, echoing a number of investments in recent
Intervale Capital, an energy-focused private equity firm, has invested alongside a veteran management team to form Tier 1 Energy Solutions. Tier 1 provides wireline and completion services and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Tier 1 currently has field operations in Nisku and Grande Prairie and a sales office in
An affiliate of Sun European Partners has acquired the Invensys appliance division from its parent company Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management based in France. Upon completion of the transaction, Invensys Appliance will become the Robertshaw Controls Company. Robertshaw is a design, engineering and manufacturing company that sells
Lysanda, a telematics technology provider for fleet and insurance markets, has acquired Tracker Network (UK), a stolen vehicle recovery provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of Direct Line Group. The combined companies intend to establish Tantalum Corporation, with approximately GBP20m in revenues and some 500,000 telematics installations throughout Europe.
BaltCap has reached the first close on its latest fund, BaltCap Private Equity Fund II (BPEF II), at EUR50.6m and has subscribed commitments of EUR63m from investors already. BPEF II, which has a target of EUR100m, has achieved support from limited partners including the European Investment Fund (EIF) investing through
Aurora Resurgence, an affiliate of private equity firm Aurora Capital Group, has completed the acquisition of Paris-based Arc International Cookware from the Arc International Group. The deal includes Arc International Cookware’s subsidiaries Arc International Cookware Spain & Portugal, Arc International Cookware Srl and Arc International Cookware Ltd. The company
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) is expanding in the Middle East with a Dubai office. The firm has hired senior professionals, who will provide investment solutions to clients in the Middle East. Farah Foustok will serve as a managing director of LAM and senior executive officer of LAM’s new Dubai
A fund managed by Ashmore Colombia has acquired an 85 per cent interest in Compañía de Desarollo Aeropuerto Eldorado (Codad), the concessionaire of the two runways at El Dorado Airport in Bogotá. The runways have been acquired from Abertis Infraestructuras for a total consideration of COP132bn (approximately USD66m). Codad
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