Dec 13, 2013 | East Asia, News
HONG KONG, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Asian private equity firm PAG said on Friday it has invested $250 million into theme park operator Universal Studios Japan, joining other investors including Goldman Sachs, MBK Partners and Owl Creek. Glenn Gumpel, chairman of...
Dec 9, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Dec 6 (Reuters) – Italian luxury shoemaker Alberto Moretti, known for his velvet slip-ons and stilettos made with 24-carat gold, has secured backing from a newly-formed private equity firm in the latest deal involving a promising...
Dec 9, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News iTech Capital, a Russian PE & VC fund, announced earlier this week that it has invested $10 million in Ticketland, a major Russian event ticketing company. More than two million tickets for more than 40,000 events are marketed annually via...
Dec 9, 2013 | News, Oceania
HONG KONG/SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Bankers in Australia have much to cheer this Christmas as fees from underwriting IPOs surge 10-fold this year, and many are now betting on an equally active year in 2014 as a slew of private equity exits keep the market busy....
Dec 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Businessman Richard Hainsworth has sold out of local rating agency RusRating, shifting his attention to building an international rating business in Hong Kong. The new owner, Alexander Zaitsev, vowed Friday that he would expand the agency and...
