Mar 12, 2013 | News, Western Europe
March 12 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Centerbridge Partners is interested in the 315 UK branches being sold by state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Mar 12, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
The invest abroad trend among Russian financial institutions was demonstrated again last week by a capital injection of “several million euros” in Wine in Black, a German premium wine online retailer. The round was led by Russia’s Bright Capital...
Mar 11, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) – Investment group Blackstone has increased its holdings of Gecina’s debt, French newspaper Les Echos reported, potentially paving the way to taking an equity stake in the French real estate group. Acquires 160 mln euros with...
Mar 10, 2013 | News, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Berlin (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings will take a stake in Evonik Industries, two sources close to one of the German company’s owners told Reuters. Temasek will spend more than 600 million euros ($779 million) for 5 percent of the...
Mar 9, 2013 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, March 5 | Tue Mar 5, 2013 (Reuters) – Italy’s Moleskine could aim for a valuation of up to 17.3 times its forecast 2014 core earnings in a planned initial public offering (IPO) in Milan this month, according to research by UBS reviewed by Reuters....
Mar 9, 2013 | France, MENA, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 8 | Fri Mar 8, 2013 (Reuters) – Veolia Environnement has agreed to sell its Moroccan water, wastewater and electricity services operated by concession companies Redal and Amendis to investment fund Actis in a deal worth around 370 million euros...
