Victoria Robson
Alvarez & Marsal managing director and head of German transaction advisory group Jürgen Zapf tells Private Equity International that he is seeing more US mid-market fund interest in European assets.
PEI Research & Analytics reveals that private equity fundraising this year is likely to surpass total capital raised globally in 2014.
According to the Centre for Management Buy-out Research data sponsored by Equistone Partners, the year to date has seen a record average exit value of €344.9 million a transaction.
The fund is targeting €3 billion and informed investors of an initial close on €1 billion in May.
The family office chaired by Edi Truell is mulling a private equity vehicle open to third party investors.
The Pan-Africa firm sold insurance company C-Re Holding to Saham Finances this month.
The fund held its first and final close on its hard-cap.
Edi Truell, head of the Strategic Investment Advisory Board established to advise the Lancashire and London Pensions Partnership, speaks to PEI about investment allocations and plans for the SAIB to establish a club of infrastructure investors.
The firm’s acquisition of Balt is the second through its Paris office this year as it continues to deploy its €4bn fifth fund.
The firm has announced exits this month generating proceeds of up to €3.7 billion.