AXA Private Equity

Infobox_Company
company_name = AXA Private Equity
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1996
company_slogan = Be life confident
location = Paris, Frankfurt, London, New York, Singapore
key_people = Dominique Senequier, Chief Executive Officer
products = LBO Direct Investments
Expansion
Funds of Funds
homepage = [http://www.axaprivateequity.com/ www.axaprivateequity.com]
industry = Private Equity
num_employees = 90 investment professionals, 100 employees
revenue = EUR 15bn Assets under Management

AXA Private Equity is a financial investor that independently manages and advises Private Equity funds with combined assets in excess of € 15 billion for some of the world’s leading investors.

AXA Private Equity, a subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers, has offices in Paris, Frankfurt, London, New York and Singapore. The firm targets investments in unlisted companies, with expertise spanning all types of Private Equity: Direct Funds, Funds of Fundsand Private Equity Management Mandates.

The fund exclusively invests in unlisted companies and third-party asset management. AXA PE is one of the rare players offering direct funds, funds of funds, and management mandates. AXA PE is presently active in all types of private equity; Leveraged Buy-Out, Venture, Expansion, Recovery, Emerging Markets, Primary and Secondary Funds of Funds.

Since its creation in 1996, AXA PE enjoyed exceptional growth, and is one of the major European funds with €8.1 billion invested in Funds of Funds and €2.9 billion in direct investments. The firm invests more than €2 billion per year, has around 100 direct holdings and a portfolio totalling 500 funds. The firm's has international team of more than 100, including 90 investment professionals.

AXA Private Equity has access to AXA Group's global network, a financial institution with more than € 740 billion assets under management. AXA has the second largest secondary fund in the world.

Portfolio of co-investments

* Sinopacific, a Chinease shipbuilder, 2007
* Allison Transmission, an American automatic transmission manufacturer for trucks and commercial vehicles, 2007
* Alliance Boots, a UK-based retail and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical and other health & beauty products, 2007
* Ark Holding, a skilled nursing facilities, USA, 2007
* Bité Mobile, telephone operator in Lithuania and Latvia, Lithuania, 2007
* Keolis, a French public transport operator, 2007
* TDF Group, a radio and telecommunications infrastructure in France, 2007
* Freescale Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets, USA, 2006
* Rental Services Corporation, a rental equipments to the construction, USA, 2006
* Puukeskus, a distributor of building materials in Finland, 2006
* Com Hem / UPC Sweden, a cable operator in Sweden, 2006
* NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch semiconductor manufacturer for mobile phones and electronics, 2006
* Médica, a retirement homes provider for persons needing long term care in France, 2006
* Roofing Supply Group, a distributor of roofing products in USA, 2006
* The Nielsen Company, a publishing and audience surveys for TV, radio, press and Internet in the Netherlands, 2006
* DSI, dialysis clinics in USA, 2006
* Levantina, a marble and granite supplyer in Spain, 2006
* Aster City, a cable operator in Poland, 2006
* Frans Bonhomme, a plastic tubing and accessories supplyer in France, 2005
* Rexel, a distributor of electrical equipment in France, 2005
* ISS, corporate services (cleaning, maintenance, catering) in Danemark, 2005
* CHR Hansen, an ingredients for the food processing industry, Danemark, 2005
* Spirit AeroSystems, fuselage components for commercial airliners in USA, 2005
* Kwik-Fit, a fast car-repair provider

External links

* [http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2006/nz9537.php AXA Private Equity acquires majority shareholding in Gerflor]