Philip Borel

Symrise, a German flavours and fragrance maker sponsored by the Nordic firm, has raised €1.4bn from an IPO in Frankfurt.

Symrise, a German flavours and fragrance maker sponsored by the Nordic firm, has raised €1.4bn from an IPO in Frankfurt.

Market professionals are expecting The Carlyle Group to announce the formation of a $2bn private equity fund aimed at investment opportunities in Japan.

The pan-European LBO leader has told prospective investors that Permira Europe IV will accept an additional €1bn in commitments to close on a revised target of €10.835 billion.

India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) has approved the acquisition of a 33 percent stake in a Mumbai-based private securities firm for an undisclosed amount.

Following news of KKR’s planned fund IPO in Amsterdam, SJ Berwin’s Simon Witney takes a look at the regulatory environment for listed private equity funds.

The firm formerly known as EMP Europe has closed the largest private equity fund aimed at Central and Eastern Europe to date.

CVC Capital Partners, Europe’s largest private equity investor, has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Formula One Group from Bayerische Landesbank and the Ecclestone family trust for an undisclosed sum.

Acting as equal partners, private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Lion Capital are committed to buying the European soft drinks business of Cadbury Schweppes.

The US-based private equity firm is to expand its European activities with new offices in Spain and Portugal in 2006.