Orrick Rambaud Martel is advising RCS Mediagroup, a European press and publishing company, in relation to the sale of its subsidiary Flammarion, which is led by Teresa Cremisi. RCS Mediagroup accepted the EUR251m offer received from Gallimard to buy 100 per cent of RCS Livres, the parent company of Groupe
Developed and developing economies remain caught in the eurozone downdraft as a long series of crisis summits has brought the resolution of the debt crisis no closer. In his Quarterly Economic Outlook for Q3 2012, Invesco Ltd’s Chief Economist John Greenwood analyses the fundamental flaws in the architecture of the
Shareholders of luxury crystal firm Baccarat have approved private equity firm Catterton’s previously announced investment in the company. The shareholders’ meeting also approved the appointment of two partners of Catterton, Michael Chu and Neda Daneshzadeh, as directors of Baccarat. Chu says: "We are pleased to complete this investment and look
AXA Private Equity has sold the majority of Home Shopping Europe (HSE24), the TV home shopping group, to Providence Equity Partners. After yesterday’s closing of the transaction, AXA Private Equity will remain a 15 per cent shareholder. In 2009, AXA Private Equity acquired HSE24 in an all-equity transaction from
Falcon, an entity controlled by funds managed or advised by Mid Europa Partners, which holds a 39.2 per cent stake in T-Mobile Czech Republic (TMCZ), has completed the syndication of an additional CZK875m (approximately EUR35m) of its senior facility to Volksbank. This increases total commitments under the facility to CZK10bn
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has held the first closing and launch of the fourth fund in its BioDiscovery franchise dedicated to investing in life sciences in France and in Europe. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners reached its objective of EUR125m for the first closing in the expected timeframe and
Assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally now exceed USD3trn, according to research produced by professional services company Towers Watson in conjunction with the Financial Times. The Global Alternatives Survey, which for the first time includes individual private equity and hedge funds, shows that of the top
The decision made by the rating agency Moody’s to downgrade the credit ratings of a string of global banks was greeted inevitably when markets opened on the following day by a sell-off helped by weaker US data and Wall Street down 2%. The strange thing about the rating downgrade is
Limited partners showed strong support for US and European private equity funds in the second quarter, helping both regions achieve the best first half for fund-raising since 2008, according to Dow Jones LP Source. In the first half of 2012, US private equity funds raised USD86bn for 235 funds, a
KnowledgeTree, a provider of cloud-based solutions, has closed a USD4.75m series B round of venture capital investment. This round includes River Cities Capital Funds, Core Capital Partners, Hatteras Funds and lead series A investor Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa. KnowledgeTree will use the new funds to capitalise on interest in the
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