May 16, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) – Private equity investment in Indian infrastructure is poised to pick up following a lengthy dry patch as debt-stressed operators of toll roads and other projects come under pressure from banks to offload assets to strengthen balance...
May 14, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – Activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte said he is seeking board seats at French phone directories company PagesJaunes to force its biggest shareholder – U.S. private equity firm Cerberus – to cut the group’s debt....
May 14, 2013 | Africa, News
NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) – Kenya-based private equity firm Catalyst said it had acquired a 50 percent stake in Ethiopian food and drink maker Yes Brands to tap into the Horn of Africa nation’s large population and fast economic growth....
May 13, 2013 | Africa, News
CAPE TOWN, May 10 May 10 (Reuters) – Bob Geldof’s 8 Miles African private equity fund has made its first investment, backing a start-up company that plans to build commodity exchanges across Africa and improve food security. The rock star activist’s...
May 13, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
HONG KONG, May 13 May 13 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs is investing $20 million in Indian medical device maker BPL Medical Technologies, a unit of BPL Ltd, the bank’s second investment in India this month. BPL Medical distributes products such as...
