BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) has added private equity to its growing stable of alternative offerings for clients. Industry veterans Nathan Thorne, George Bitar and Mandy Puri have joined the firm as Managing Directors and form the leadership team of the BlackRock Global Private Equity platform which is expected to include approximately
EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire leading Spanish car park operator Acciona Aparcamientos from Spanish infrastructure and renewable energy group Acciona S.A. The investment is the first for EQT Infrastructure in Spain. Acciona Aparcamientos is a leading operator in the Spanish car park sector managing 29 car parks in Spain
Border Foods, Inc, a portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation (Ares Capital), has been sold to strategic buyer Mizkan Americas, Inc, a subsidiary of Japan-based Mizkan Group Corporation (Mizkan). Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to Border Foods in the transaction, which closed on May 12, 2011.
Specialist European real estate private equity firm Peakside Capital has acquired 80 Hammersmith Road, London from Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society on behalf of the Peakside Real Estate Fund I (PREF I). The building, located in the heart of Hammersmith, currently comprises 41,574 sq ft of net lettable area over
European private equity firm, Cinven, is to sell in-vitro allergy diagnostics company Phadia Group to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc for an enterprise value of EUR2.47 billion. Having identified the diagnostic testing sector as a segment with strong growth characteristics, Cinven’s Healthcare team led the acquisition of Phadia in early
Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity investor, has reached an agreement with GAS NATURAL FENOSA, a leading multinational in the gas and electricity sector, to acquire a group of companies dedicated to the transportation and supply of electricity to 1.4m customers in Guatemala in a transaction worth USD345m plus assumed
Earlybird Venture Capital has sold its portfolio company BridgeCo Inc to SMSC, a semiconductor company enabling content rich connectivity systems. BridgeCo’s JukeBlox technology connects tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs and other consumer electronics products to a new world of audio entertainment. Earlybird invested in BridgeCo in 2000 as the company’s first
Exponent Private Equity has acquired Pattonair, the supply chain division of Umeco plc. Pattonair is a leading international provider of value-added distribution and supply chain outsourcing services to customers in the aerospace and defence market, specialising in the supply of small and medium value components. Customers include Rolls-Royce plc, BAE
Alison Hyde (pictured), technology fund manager at Cavendish Asset Management, assesses the impact and implications of LinkedIn’s successful IPO. The social networking site aimed at professionals and the business community, which became the first major company from the much-vaunted social media sector to go public when it began trading on
ARX Equity Partners, the Central and Eastern Europe‐focused private equity investment firm, has acquired a controlling stake in online pet-retailer Telekarma. Following the deal, ARX will focus on the merger of Telekarma with existing portfolio company Kakadu, a Polish pet products retail chain. ARX originally acquired Kakadu in March 2009,
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