Private Equity

Managing partner and co-founder Fabio Sofia says the practice creates ‘some tensions in terms of alignment of interests’ in the value chain.

Managing partner Phil Erlanger says a pivot away from ag by large investors has helped bring the remaining specialists like Aliment into a ‘more proprietary’ position.

A revision of Australia’s foreign investment rules will see ‘low-risk’ investments from familiar investors reviewed more quickly, particularly if they are made into non-sensitive sectors.

China’s devastating wine tariffs, changing consumer preferences and an oversupply of grapes is forcing recapitalization and compensation plans.

Unifrutti chief executive Mohamed Elsarky says the global fresh fruit platform being built in part to strengthen the UAE's ‘food resilience’ is all about establishing scale.

The biological inputs pioneer has been sold for parts after failing to raise further capital, but it was still considered an important strategic acquirer as recently as September 2021.

The deal is part of a wave of LP secondaries that are being driven by fund investors' desire to get proceeds from older funds.

Managing partner Matt Leeds says he has ‘dreamt for years that Firehook would be Forward’s first investment’ as the firm begins deploying its $425m vehicle.

Aqua Capital partner Gustavo Eiben says an active pipeline and the €532m Biotrop exit were key to helping the firm to surpass its $400m target for its Fund III.

Paine Schwartz Partners adds another five wins to its haul from the Global category to walk away with an unprecedented 10 wins.