The Africa Health Fund has made its first investment by acquiring a stake in the Nairobi Women’s Hospital for USD2.66m. The Africa Health Fund was launched in June 2009 and is managed by Aureos Capital, a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small to medium-sized businesses in
The fourth quarter saw US venture-backed companies begin reversing the trend that saw severely depressed liquidity levels through the first three quarters of 2009. While still sitting on the sidelines of the public markets, companies staged a comeback in the private markets where corporate acquirers snapped up 86 companies for
Toby Cohen, analyst at Czarnikow Group, one of the UK’s oldest sugar traders, says the fundamental factors behind the doubling of the sugar price in 2009 (12c/lb to more than 25c/lb) will continue in 2010 as under-investment in production will continue to limit supply and put pressure on price. In
XDC, a provider of digital cinema distribution services, has received EUR15.3m by Gimv, SRIW and selected existing investors to finance its growth in the coming years. The company aims to deploy and service more than 8,000 digital cinema screens across Europe by 2015. XDC is the first company to
Societe Generale Asset Management’s Eastern Europe Fund, a EUR156m private equity fund, has completed the acquisition of a 36.25 per cent stake in MedLife, a Romanian provider of healthcare services. The transaction value is estimated at over EUR20m. MedLife is currently the largest operator of private medical services in the
Having received all the regulatory approvals needed to create their combined asset management arm, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale are incorporating Amundi on 31 December 2009 and starting operations on 1 January 2010. Georges Pauget, chief executive officer of Crédit Agricole, will be chairman of the board of directors. Séverin
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An affiliate of New York-based private investment firm CI Capital Partners has acquired Transplace, a provider of non-asset based third party logistics and transportation management services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2000 by six of the largest freight carriers in the US, Transplace helps its customers
State Street has signed an acquisition agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, one of Italy’s premier banking groups, to acquire its securities services business, ISPSS, for approximately EUR1.28bn (USD1.87bn) in cash at closing. State Street expects to support the acquired ISPSS balance sheet with approximately EUR560m (USD800m) of additional capital at the
Matrix Private Equity Partners has invested GBP4.3m in the management buyout and recapitalisation of Iglu.com, the UK’s largest ski and fastest growing cruise holiday travel agent. Matrix provided both the equity and the debt for the transaction, which is its second new investment in four days. Iglu.com founder and
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