Global investment manager Colony Capital has agreed to acquire the Latin American private equity platform of global growth markets investor the Abraaj Group in partnership with the platform’s existing management. The platform, which currently manages more than US$500 million, will rebrand as Colony Latam Partners and its current senior management… Read More
Global private equity fund manager has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Argentina-based payments company Prisma Medios de Pago from a group of 14 Argentine banks and global financial services provider Visa International. The company offers various point-of-sale, transaction processing and e-wallet services to merchants in Argentina and… Read More
Kinea, the alternative asset management subsidiary of Brazil-based financial services group Itaú, has agreed to purchase a 48 percent stake in Quartier Participações, a Brazil-based holding company with interests in textbook publishing and digital education platforms, including Grupo A Educação. Quartier reportedly plans to use the funds to purchase shares… Read More
Brazil-focused alternative asset manager Patria Investments has reportedly purchased a majority stake in Impacto, a Brazil-based agricultural input distributor. The company operates four stores, which sell farming inputs such as seeds and agrichemicals, across the state of Mato Grosso. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More
Argentina-based oil exploration and drilling company San Antonio Oil & Gas Services has agreed to sell 100 percent stakes in two of its subsidiaries, San Antonio International Oil & Gas Services and Armadillo Drilling Services, to global alternative investment firm Lone Star Funds. The two companies are in turn controlling… Read More
Global alternative investment manager KKR has raised US$183 million via a Certificado de Proyectos de Inversión (CerPi) offering on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). KKR raised US$100 million for the Series A tranche and US$83 million for the Series B. The two series listed under the ticker symbols KKRPI 18D… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. Fundraising for Latin America is on track to reach its highest annual total since 2015, with fund managers raising US$4.3 billion in Q1-Q3 2018. In contrast to previous years, private equity strategies… Read More
EMPEA Members, log in and click through for your exclusive access to the detailed report and underlying data. The strong rebound in private capital fundraising for Brazil so far this year has stood out amidst a contentious election cycle: the US$2.7 billion raised in Q1-Q3 2018 is on track to… Read More
Aqua Capital, a private equity firm focused on control investments in South America-based agribusiness companies, has acquired Total Biotecnologia, a Brazil-based developer of agricultural inoculants. Aqua plans to merge the company with Brazil-based biological product and plant extract producer and distributor Biotrop. The merged company will develop, manufacture and market… Read More
U.A.E.-based real estate classifieds portal Property Finder has raised US$120 million in an investment round led by global growth equity fund manager General Atlantic. Existing shareholder Vostok New Ventures also participated in the round. Property Finder provides real estate listing services across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey and… Read More
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