Jun 10, 2013 | France, Global, MENA, News, Western Europe
DUBAI, June 10 (Reuters) – Large institutional investors in the Middle East are increasingly switching towards alternative investments such as private equity and hedge funds to generate returns in volatile global markets, a study released on Monday showed. The...
Jun 10, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
Financial Times 3 June 2013 New York-based buyout group Clayton Dubilier & Rice is exploring a combination of the office maintenance business units of Balfour Beatty and Rentokil Initial, in a move to create a larger, more profitable UK operator. UK pest control...
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 | 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, Western Europe
Financial Times 06 June 2013 A Chinese property group is close to buying Sunseeker, Britain’s largest luxury yachtmaker by sales, underscoring the growing appetite for European luxury assets among Chinese buyers. Dalian Wanda is expected to pay about £300m for...
