The Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed private equity firm has held a final close on its fifth fund, ahead of its €375 million target.
Paris-based AXA Private Equity and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec – Canada’s largest institutional fund manager – are continuing their ten year relationship by establishing a new round of buyout and secondary funds totalling €1.5 billion.
Temasek Holdings and Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) have led a group of investors in acquiring a 49.6% stake in Thailand’s Shin Corp for $1.87 billion.
The AIM-listed investment and merchant banking group is seeking to raise £50 million for a private equity fund focused on Chinese businesses.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s clean-energy affiliate fund, DFJ Element, has held an interim close, with backing coming from CalPERS and Swiss Re, among others.
The firm has refinanced its investment in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company by granting an option to Novator Holdings.
The Hong Kong-based firm has already committed 55 percent of its $338 million ADM Maculus Fund II fund and will raise a third fund this year.
The investment arm of the government of Singapore has partnered with Istithmar to take a stake in Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company.
The Carlyle Group has taken over a control stake in call-centre services provider Hispanic Teleservices. The deal is the firm’s first since news broke late last year that the firm was raising its debut Carlyle Mexico Partners fund.
The UK mid-market specialist has acquired holiday home and caravan group Cinque Ports Leisure in a £130m deal.