Cezary Podkul

Abu Dhabi, Ithmaar and Gulf Finance House are reportedly looking to raise three private equity funds, including one focused on infrastructure, that seek to mitigate the region’s increasing food and energy costs, coupled with challenges arising from climate change and rapid development.

The exit, which was made in light of Romanian regulatory changes on the horizon, came as a ‘disappointment’ to the renewable energy-focused private equity firm, which had looked forward to building the largest wind farm development in Europe.

The Thoma Cressey Bravo spin-out moves to expand its presence in US healthcare markets.

Exploring alternatives to plug the state's projected budget shortfall for transportation projects, the US state's executive and legislative leaders are examining the possibility of creating a Texas-focused transport infrastructure fund.

The move by the $32bn pension fund investor highlights increasing interest in private equity allocation among publicly managed US state retirement funds.

The merger of two peers in the industry will create the largest provider of mobile dental care services in the US and represents the smaller mid-market shop's fourth transaction in the dental services sector.

The transaction marks the firm’s fourth investment in the mid-market oilfield services sector and was made from its recently closed $280m debut fund.

The $5m deal marks a significant investment in a country that is still largely uncharted territory for private equity capital. The investment was made from Aureos' South Asia Fund, which has more than $122 million of committed capital.

The special situations investor has taken over Clayton Dubilier’s stake in a disaster recovery business, marking the third acquisition in BlackEagle’s debut fund and its first in a non-manufacturing business.