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 CEE-focused firm has sold the remainder of its shares in the Polish debt collector, less than a year after holding a first close on its Fund VII.
Mark Florman, who will take on an advisory role with the BVCA at the end of the month, will be succeeded by deputy chief executive and former Times assistant editor Tim Hames.
Sales to strategic buyers accounted for half of the 118 realisations in Africa in the last five years, a new study suggests, helping PE achieve returns nearly twice those of regional public markets.
The US firm has acquired a Danish clinical services business, less than a year after it raised its latest fund in just eight weeks.
The exit to pharmaceuticals group Oriola-KD is the first by the Swedish firm’s Fund IV, a 2008 vintage now 70% invested.
The UK firm has sold the fund administration and outsourcing business to fellow insurance spin-out Silverfleet Capital, marking the fourth exit from its Fund II.
Martin Kúšik’s role at the evergreen fund will be taken over by partner Marek Dospiva and investment director Thomas von Werner, a few weeks after the firm opened its first office in Germany.
Olga Koulechova will be working on developing investor relations at the Allianz private equity spin-out, which plans to double its assets under management within the next five years.
The UK-headquartered firm has sold off its remaining stake in the Italian ceramics business, bringing to an end a long and eventful relationship.
A number of buyout firms are reportedly preparing follow-on bids for the private equity-owned metering company, as part of an auction process that could reach €3bn.