Sep 13, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Bashneft plans a foreign share offering around the end of next year, it said on Friday, but has not yet appointed banks or decided on an amount to be sold. The oil production and refining group is controlled by Russian billionaire Vladimir Evtushenkov...
Sep 13, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Reuters MOSCOW, Sept 12 Russia’s state-backed private equity fund RDIF and Deutsche Bank will pay a maximum of $241 million for a 2.45 percent stake in telecoms operator Rostelecom, financial daily Kommersant reported on Thursday. The state-controlled telecoms...
Sep 13, 2013 | News, Western Europe
Reuters STOCKHOLM, Sept 10 Swedish private equity firm EQT has agreed to buy Finland’s largest healthcare services company Terveystalo from British peer Bridgepoint, EQT said in a statement on Tuesday. A person familiar with the deal said the price for...
Sep 13, 2013 | News, Western Europe
Reuters LONDON Sep 6 Impax Asset Management said one of its energy funds had agreed to buy two wind power projects in Finland, its first investment in a country where the market is just starting to grow. The sellers are Finnish utility Fortum, with 51 percent, and...
Sep 13, 2013 | East Asia, News, North America
Sept 12 | Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:59pm EDT Reuters Private equity firm Advent International and an Asian partner have agreed to take a large stake in coffee and tea retailer, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Boston-based Advent declined to disclose the size of the...
Sep 11, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
Reuters HONG KONG, Sept 9 – Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp Ltd became the second industry player to take a punt on a Russia entertainment zone not far from Beijing, agreeing to invest $350 million to build a casino, hotel and exhibition venue. NagaCorp, which...
