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Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. [1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR. [2]
Nigerite Limited is a firm that manufactures roofing and ceiling sheets and provides building components to the construction and building industry in Nigeria. It was established in April 1959 as a joint venture between the Western Regional government, Eternit Group [1] who had majority shareholding, Patterson Zochonis and John Holt.
Everest Industries Limited was founded in 1934 under the name of Asbestos Cement Ltd. [7] in Maharashtra. In 1983, the company changed its name to Everest Building Product Ltd., in the same year the company went public on the Bombay Stock Exchange. [8] In 1990 the company was renamed Eternit Everest Ltd. It got its current name in 2003.
Asbestos was a minor ingredient in some specialty products that the company had stopped selling almost 40 years earlier, in the 1970s. The company's operations remained healthy and profitable while it was in Chapter 11. When the bankruptcy was completed in 2006, all creditors were repaid in full and USG shareholders retained equity in the company.
The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro battens covering the joints. Example of asbestos cement siding and lining on a post-war temporary house in Yardley, Birmingham. Nearly 40,000 of these structures were built between 1946 and 1949 to house families.
Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets. The company was founded in 1997 with additional offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Capital Group is an American financial services company. It ranks among the world's oldest and largest investment management organizations, with over $2.6 trillion in assets under management. Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1931, it is privately held and has offices around the globe in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.
Asbestos turned out to be harmful to health and produces mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, years after professional or occasional exposure . Starting from the seventies, asbestos use became progressively prohibited; however, in several countries, it is still used for building materials.