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 educational publisher, bought by Apax and OMERS at the height of the credit bubble, is facing a $2.1bn refinancing wall next year.
The £50m sale of Amber Travel to buyout peer ECI is the second successful realisation of the year for the firm.
The Paris-based firm has acquired the nuclear measurement unit of French group Areva, as part of a programme aimed at deleveraging the state-owned company by €1.2bn.
Cécile Mayer-Lévi has opted out of the next fund cycle, leaving Olivier Berment as head of AXA PE’s private debt activities just after the firm closed a long-awaited spin-off from its parent insurance group.
The London-based firm has bought the UK’s largest dentistry specialist from ailing buyout group Duke Street, in a transaction valuing the business at £185m.
The Swedish firm has sold the wheelchair business to Investor, a few months after holding the first close on its latest vehicle.
As France gradually settles down after a year rich in political and economic drama, its private equity industry is seeing signs of life again. But the resulting recovery is likely to see winners and losers
The UK firm is preparing a float of Belgium’s postal service this summer, in what would be the first listing in the country since 2009.
The UK-listed group has sold its minority stake in the insurance business to General Atlantic, chalking up its fifth realisation since the beginning of the year.
The UK firm is preparing a float of Belgium’s postal service this summer, in what would be the first listing in the country since 2009.