STAR Capital Partners, a UK-based fund that specialises in capital-intensive infrastructure investments, has bought and merged two flight simulator businesses as it continues to tap into the airline industry’s trend towards outsourcing.
Bridgepoint Capital is set for a bumper gain when it floats Safestore, the UK’s largest self-storage provider, on the London Stock Exchange next month. It also plans to retain a “significant shareholding”.
Orchid Asia, a China-focused growth capital provider, has made three times its money in paper gains from the listing of a portfolio company in Hong Kong on 1 February.
US group Bain Capital has agreed a $3.5 billion deal for South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores, the largest buyout ever recorded in the country.
The investment banking giant is bringing its real estate, private equity and infrastructure practices under one roof and promoting real estate co-head Jay Mantz to co-run the new direct investment department.
Google has revealed that its acquisition of YouTube last year netted a return of nearly $500 million for Sequoia Capital, the US venture capital firm behind the video sharing website.
Two private equity advisory firms, Hamilton Lane and Pacific Corporate Group, are the finalists in Oregon’s search for a new consultant, following heavy turnover at PCG.
Bain Capital has partnered CBL & Associates, a US mall developer and owner, to invest in a Chinese mall operator and real estate developer based in Nanjing.
David Goret becomes senior managing director at the New Jersey-based alternative asset manager.
RREEF’s infrastructure division has reportedly reached the final stage in the auction of UK recycling and waste management firm Cory Environmental.