East Capital Explorer AB has accepted PepsiCo’s buyout offer to purchase its holding in Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, a leading Russian dairy and juice company. East Capital Explorer realised an annualised pre-tax return of 17.4% on its initial EUR 6.8m investment (39.7% pre-tax IRR when measured in the transaction currency USD).
In the wake of the financial crisis, investors (LPs) are driving rapid change in the private equity industry, including a wide-ranging re-balancing of their portfolios and the recruitment of more in-house staff, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. Having had time to gauge the effects of the
The Aureos Africa Fund has completed a USD5.35m investment in Bio-Plastics Limited, a fast-growing Ghanaian plastics manufacturer. The investment will allow the company to expand its capacity and start manufacturing biodegradable plastics. This will be the 14th investment by the $381.1 m Fund since its first close in September 2008.
The Hedgeweek USA Awards 2011 for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers have honoured the US industry’s best performers and their ability to demonstrate consistency and depth of expertise against the backdrop of a more complex, but also potentially more rewarding, investment climate. The awards, presented at a
New Evolution Ventures, LLC (NeV), a developer and operator of health and fitness brands, and international investor Vision Capital, have formed a global investment partnership focused on the health, fitness and wellness industries, encompassing multiple brands that incorporate health clubs as well as nutrition, media, content and technology. The strategy
Paris-based real estate group Nexity Participations has sold its entire stake in Eurosic to two investors, Batipart and Predica. Nexity secured a price of EUR34.30 per share for its 32.07% stake in Eurosic amounting to a total consideration of EUR195.7m.
Mark Kelly, Special Situations strategist at Olivetree Securities, comments on Tui’s bid talks… “Yesterday’s speculation and price movement suggests that Tui Travel was approached by its parent company Tui AG to buy the remaining 44.9% stake. “We understood that Tui Travel has been in touch with the sovereign wealth
Nearly 90 per cent of single family offices (SFO) are planning to place additional money in hedge funds this year, according to a new report published by The Rothstein Kass Family Office Group, a division of global professional services firm Rothstein Kass. According to the results of a survey of
EIIB portfolio company TriTech I LLC, a United States based oil and gas exploration company (TriTech), has signed an agreement with JGC Energy Development (USA) Inc (JGC) to sell all of its oil and gas assets in the Pearsall Field, Texas. Total gross proceeds of the sale are expected to
Aston Ventures – the independent fund manager – is forecasting a change in investor appetite towards private equity… Tim Eve (pictured), partner at Aston Ventures – investment adviser to the KHG Private Equity Fund – says: “Investors and managers have been more open to alternative investments in light of recent
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