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 former head of Africa Private Equity Fund Managers will fill a newly created role at the pan-African firm, ahead of an expected first close on its latest fund later this year.
The German firm has held a first and final close on its Fund IV after just five months on the road.
The US firm is in exclusive talks to sell a stake of Medical Park, a Turkish hospital group, to London-headquartered Pamplona.
The US-headquartered firm will help INEA provide fibre technology to 200,000 new households, in what is said to be Poland’s largest deal this year.
The UK firm has merged the division with other sector teams in an effort to focus on digital platforms and shore up the mixed fortunes of its past investments.
The UK firm has acquired a majority stake in the restaurant group founded by Terence Conran 20 years ago, in a deal valuing the business at £50m.
The takeover offer, deemed insufficient by the online gambling group, comes just after CVC sealed Germany’s largest buyout since 2008.
The firm reportedly beat out Carlyle, Eurazeo and Swire Pacific to acquire luxury fashion group SMCP from Paris-based L Capital and Florac.
Although 'take private' deals achieve lower average returns than private buyouts, a new study suggests, their performance tends to be less volatile and subject to lower write-off rates.
The Russian firm, which plans to float Tricolor TV in a few years’ time, says the company could be worth more than $1.5bn by 2015.