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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The $156bn PE firm with a succession problem Premium content

      Plus, Beijing gives a tentative green light on Broadcom/VMware and Carlyle’s unexpected victory in China

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    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Ardian: the European private equity powerhouse with a succession problem

      Seventy-year-old Dominique Senequier has built a $156bn firm over three decades. What happens when she leaves?

      Dominique Senequier is the only executive remaining of the founding team
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      Fund management
      General Atlantic and Carmignac back new private equity secondaries firm

      Stakes in Clipway, founded by a former top executive at Ardian, are an attempt to gain exposure to fast-growing strategy

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Ardian raises $20bn to buy stakes in buyout funds

      French group establishes vehicle designed to capitalise on investors selling stakes in private equity funds early

      The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building
    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      LexVeolia Environnement VE SA
      Suez/Veolia: avoid more stress, pay the excess Premium content

      Messy back and forth suggests paying more now rather than later would be better

      Refuse workers load the the contents of a wheelie bin into a Veolia garbage truck in Paris
    • Monday, 18 January, 2021
      LexSuez
      Suez/Veolia: the jape of water Premium content

      The intervention of Ardian/GIP may force bidder and target together

    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Suez backs French buyout group Ardian’s 11th-hour bid

      Utility company seeks to derail fierce rival Veolia’s pursuit of stake held by Engie

    • Monday, 21 January, 2019
      Ardian raises record €6bn infrastructure fund

      Vehicle is Europe’s largest and reflects renewed appetite amid wider fears over economy

      epa06341068 (FILE) - People walk along the Trocadero Plaza with the Eiffel Tower in the background in Paris, France, 17 March 2017 (reissued 20 November 2017). According to reports, Paris has won a bid to become the host city of the European Banking Authority (EBA), which will be relocated from London as a consequence to the Brexit.  EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
    • Thursday, 16 February, 2017
      Brexit
      London will still beat Paris after Brexit, says Ardian chief

      Private equity executive says French are good cooks but ‘less financially minded’

      Dominique Senequier, chief executive of Ardian
    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      Brexit
      French private equity house attracts investors looking beyond UK

      Ardian raises €4.5bn in four months to invest in European companies

      Businessmen carry luggage as walk past the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, on Monday, June 20, 2016. British banks and their regulators are united in their hostility toward the European Union's bonus cap. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 11 January, 2016
      Capital markets
      Ardian raises record €2.65bn European infrastructure fund

      US investors fleeing rising distress in energy assets back French alternative asset manager

    • Monday, 25 May, 2015
      Transport
      Luton airport eyes faster link to terminal

      All options under consideration including tram, monorail, or even automated pods

      Bloomberg Photo Service 'Best of the Week': Four Airbus Group NV aircraft, operated by EasyJet Plc, stand at departure gates at the north terminal of London Gatwick airport in Crawley, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. EasyJet has established a footprint at locations such as Amsterdam Schiphol, where it announced plans to base planes in July, and is ramping up operations at London Gatwick airport, its biggest single base. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 11 February, 2015
      European companies
      Fosun secures €939m Club Med deal

      Successful tender offer ends longest takeover battle in French history

      Ricky and Franky, Club Med employees, walk by catamaran sail boats at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece, on Friday, June 13, 2008. Club Mediterranee SA, Europe's largest resort operator, reported a first-half loss after spending more money to improve its properties and paying most of its annual rental costs at the start of the year. Photographer: Yannis Kontos/Bloomberg News
    • Friday, 19 December, 2014
      European companies
      Fosun raises bid for Club Med to €939m

      Chinese group’s new price is 2.5% more than Italian investor Bonomi’s offer

      Ricky and Franky, Club Med employees, walk by catamaran sail boats at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece, on Friday, June 13, 2008. Club Mediterranee SA, Europe's largest resort operator, reported a first-half loss after spending more money to improve its properties and paying most of its annual rental costs at the start of the year. Photographer: Yannis Kontos/Bloomberg News
    • Sunday, 14 December, 2014
      The Monday Interview
      Dominique Senequier: A French financier’s burden

      A leading private equity boss feels hampered by nationality, writes Anne-Sylvaine Chassany

      Portrait of Dominique Senequier, Axa Private Equity CEO, photographed for the Financial Times in Paris a the Head Office on 20 place Vendôme. Photo Magali Delporte copyright
    • Friday, 21 November, 2014
      European companies
      Brazil investor in Club Med bid talks

      Tanure aims to join China’s Fosun with fresh offer for holiday group

      Tourists relax by the sea at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece
    • Tuesday, 11 November, 2014
      European companies
      Bonomi and KKR in last-ditch Club Med bid

      Italian investor lifts offer for French resort group to €23 per share

      Tourists relax by the sea at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece, on Friday, June 13, 2008. Club Mediterranee SA, Europe's largest resort operator, reported a first-half loss after spending more money to improve its properties and paying most of its annual rental costs at the start of the year. Photographer: Yannis Kontos/Bloomberg News
    • Monday, 10 November, 2014
      US & Canadian companies
      Bonomi in talks with KKR for Club Med bid

      Last-minute attempt may renew struggle with China’s Fosun for French holiday group

      Tourists relax by the sea at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece
    • Friday, 12 September, 2014
      European companies
      Fosun restarts Club Med takeover battle with higher bid
      This is an undated handout photo of the refurbished Club Mediterranee SA resort in Opio en Provence, France. Club Mediterranee SA, the hotelier that invented the market for low-cost all-inclusive vacations, is making itself over as an upscale resort chain after losing customers to cheaper Internet competitors. The chain is winning back clients and also luring investors who expect its stock to rise again. Source: Club Med via Bloomberg News
    • Thursday, 14 August, 2014
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Chinese bid for Club Med falls through as Bonomi wins out
    • Tuesday, 12 August, 2014
      LexBanks
      Private equity: second-hand business

      The secondary buyout market is coming of age

    • Friday, 20 June, 2014
      European companies
      Fate of Club Med hangs in the balance
      Ricky and Franky, Club Med employees, walk by catamaran sail boats at Club Med in Grecolimano, Greece, on Friday, June 13, 2008. Club Mediterranee SA, Europe's largest resort operator, reported a first-half loss after spending more money to improve its properties and paying most of its annual rental costs at the start of the year. Photographer: Yannis Kontos/Bloomberg News
    • Tuesday, 17 June, 2014
      European companies
      Biomnis case sheds light on less than lenient shadow banks
    • Friday, 13 June, 2014
      European companies
      Spain to sell 49% of airports group Aena
    • Tuesday, 20 May, 2014
      European companies
      Bonomi stock purchase upsets Club Med bid
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