Matthieu Favas
Matthieu Favas is the editor of Agri Investor. He was previously the web editor of Infrastructure Investor, where he started in 2013 after a year as a reporter at Private Equity International. Prior to joining PEI he spent four years in the wine industry in London, Spain and Mongolia.
The firm has accelerated realisations over the second half of last year, allowing it to lift its NAV per share by 4.2% since end September.
Charles Steel, also a former Carlyle executive, will be heading the US firm’s private equity operations across the Atlantic.
The UK firm has bought Italian pharmaceutical group Doc Generici, its second acquisition in less than a month.
The CEE-focused firm has acquired PKL for €51m, in a bid to capitalise on the country’s expanding leisure industry.
The London-listed firm has narrowed its NAV discount by 42% in the 12 months to end February amid signs of recovery for the listed private equity sector.
The US firm’s acquisition of Kaporal, a French fashion retailer known for its denim, comes hot on the heels of its $835m investment in US apparel maker True Religion.
The addition of the €1bn Swiss fund of funds to the French bank’s private equity unit will boost its asset under management to €5bn.
The French firm’s latest fundraising effort, which comes after abandoning plans for a top-up fund, could be facilitated by a couple of sizeable exits in the coming months.
The Calgary-based firm, which focuses on upstream exploration and production opportunities in Canada, has sought to diversify its investor base by raising a vehicle nearly twice the size of its predecessor.
The firm’s equity injection in Nabil Foods, the sixth investment from its $500m MENA fund, will seek to tap growing demand for food imports in the region.