Jun 10, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) – Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investment groups for 935 million pounds ($1.45 billion), more than double its initial investment. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and...
Jun 8, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
Reuters 03 June 2013 Barcelona-based infrastructure firm Abertis is in talks with Spanish airport operator AENA to sell its stake in London Luton Airport, a spokesman said, in deal valued by the market at about 400 million euros ($521 million). * AENA teams up with...
Jun 8, 2013 | Brazil, Latin America, News
Financial Times June 07 2013 Blackstone Group and its Brazilian partner are set to sign a $1bn deal with homebuilder Gafisa for a controlling stake in its high-end residential subsidiary, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity group, which...
Jun 8, 2013 | France, News, North America, Western Europe
Orange.com 3 June 2013 The Gores Group, a global investment firm, and France Telecom-Orange, a worldwide telecom operator, announced today that The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of Etrali, Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions, a subsidiary of...
Jun 7, 2013 | Asia, China, East Asia, News
International Business Times 04 June 2013 Alibaba has finalized a deal to acquire Xiami, a major music-streaming service, as the ecommerce giant positions itself to take over China’s online music industry. Former Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, who stepped down last month,...
Jun 7, 2013 | Asia, India, News, South & Central Asia
Financial Times 05 June 2013 Goldman Sachs’s private equity arm will add to its investment in an Indian wind farm company, putting another $135m into ReNew Wind Power, in a sign of the increasing interest in Asian renewables. The planned investment follows last...
