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Apax closes Promethean World IPO
15 Mar 2010
Apax Partners is the first private equity firm to successfully float an investment in the UK this year, having sold interactive whiteboard company Promethean...
Encore Ventures makes double appointment
15 Mar 2010
Encore Ventures, the secondaries division of European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, has boosted its investment management team with the addition of...
Liverpool FC handles bid from private equity player
15 Mar 2010
Liverpool FC has entered talks with the Rhone Group over a £118.5m (€130.1m) deal that would see the US private equity firm take a controlling interest...
Apax exits Tommy Hilfiger for $3bn
15 Mar 2010
UK private equity firm Apax Partners has sold US fashion house Tommy Hilfiger to Phillips-Van Heusen for €2.2bn ($3bn). The sale includes €1.92bn in...
PE firms go through to next round of HobbyCraft auction
15 Mar 2010
Private equity firms are leading the way in the race to acquire UK arts and crafts retailer HobbyCraft, according to reports. UK car parts and bicycle...
Citadel invests $183m in Egypt river ports
15 Mar 2010
KKR, Warner to place break-up bid for EMI
15 Mar 2010
Genetix raises $35m to deliver gene therapy
12 Mar 2010
TPG sells Asian healthcare stake for $685m
12 Mar 2010
Asia Private Equity Review March 2010
11 Mar 2010
Ever since Mr Ajay Relan, former managing director and head of the India operation of Citi Venture Capital International made the landmark move to leave...
Private equity activity in February 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR
11 Mar 2010
Global private equity activity weakened in February for a second consecutive month, with value falling back by a quarter to $8.363bn from $11.096bn in...
European private equity in review, 2009 edition
08 Mar 2010
Looking back, few in the European private equity industry will remember 2009 with much fondness. It is plainly clear that last year marked a low-water...
HSBC Emerging Markets Insights 2010
04 Mar 2010
We have reached a tipping point in global economic affairs. No longer is it possible to argue convincingly that the US or European nations determine the...
Conflicts of interest in the venture capital industry in Spain, Wales and England
02 Mar 2010
This article is a brief summary of the main issues arising for venture capital entities regarding conflicts of interest in Spain, Wales and England. The...
Time to engage – or fade away. What all owners should learn from the shakeout in private equity
26 Feb 2010
The Russian economy and private equity market in February 2010, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
17 Feb 2010
Are private equity investors good or evil?
17 Feb 2010
Asia Private Equity Review Feb 2010
15 Feb 2010
The registered direct offering investment opportunity for venture capital firms
15 Mar 2010
Venture capital firms seeking strong investment opportunities with high liquidity may want to take a serious look at registered direct offerings (RDOs). ...
Shai Weiss of Virgin Green Fund on environmental PE investment
09 Mar 2010
Shai Weiss is partner at Virgin Green Fund, a private equity fund that focuses on mid-market growth and expansion investment opportunities in the renewable...
Malcolm McKenzie of Alvarez & Marsal on struggling companies
01 Mar 2010
The last 18 months have been extremely difficult for private equity funds, the companies they own and the economy as a whole on an international scale....
The outlook for restructuring and consensuality, by Stuart Mathieson
19 Feb 2010
As European loan investors reflect on what was a record year for both loan market returns and the number of recorded defaults, the primary market is at...
A call to arms for innovation: corporations must invest in venture-backed start-ups, writes Bob Ackerman
05 Feb 2010
America’s innovation engine is running out of gas. Corporations in the US have been slashing internal long-term R&D spending for decades and, most recently,...
Unleash small business to stir US job growth, writes Allegis Capital founder Bob Ackerman
02 Feb 2010
Rory Earley, CEO and CIO, Capital for Enterprise Limited
15 Feb 2010
Capital for Enterprise Limited negotiated the UK Innovation Investment Fund’s commitment to investment manager Hermes as part of the government’s drive...
David Seligman, Managing Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select
05 Jan 2010
David Seligman on signs of a slow recovery for private equity investments, on the resilience of funds focusing on the lower end of the market due to lower...
Investor Profile: Clark Song, Investment Specialist, Genertec Investment Managers
15 Dec 2009
Clark Song on the private equity landscape in China, on the pitfalls of investing in the asset class in the country, and on the effects of western funds...
Investor Profile: Christophe Nicolas, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
08 Dec 2009
Christophe Nicolas on the flow of secondary deals in the lower end of the market, on the growing bubble in distressed debt investing, on the generation...
Investor Profile: Sipilä Samuli, Managing Director, Pohjola Private Equity Funds
12 Nov 2009
Sipilä Samuli on investing in the European lower mid-market, on the value of fund placement agents and on investors’ nous for putting money into funds...
Investor Profile: Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Investment Director, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
29 Jul 2009
Investor Profile: Katharina Lichtner, Managing Director and Head of Research, Capital Dynamics
30 May 2009
A Late Winter Snowstorm in Beijing
15 Mar 2010, China Private Equity
I fulfilled a life-long goal today – and I’m now paying the price for it. Since my first visit to Beijing in 1981, I always wanted to see the city during a snowstorm. Today, I got my wish. The snow...
Avantha food division to get $10 mn PE funds
14 Mar 2010, India PE
Private equity group India Agri Business Fund will invest $10 million (about Rs 48 crore) to pick up around 22 per cent stake in Gautam Thapar-promoted Avantha Group's food division Global Green Company. The...
What's Your Founder Superpower?
11 Feb 2011, Genuine VC
Kingdom Holdings Seeks Rest of Hotel Unit
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Lazard Freezes India Private Equity Plans
15 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Neuberger to List Distressed Debt Fund, Report Says
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
BofA Said to Eye China Expansion
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
JPMorgan Fund Targets China and India
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Q&A With Andrey Ternovskiy, Creator of Chatroulette
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
In Chicago, Support Network Grows for Biotech
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Auto Trader: iPhone app review
15 Mar 2010, econsultancy
Private Equity's Trojan Horse of Debt
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Moody's Warns on AAA Ratings
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
K.K.R. and Warner Said to Eye Break-Up Bid for EMI
15 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
More Myth Debunking: File Sharing Is A Gateway Crime
15 Mar 2010, Tech Dirt
Japan car giants team up to promote global electric vehicle adoption
15 Mar 2010, NewNet
A group of Japanese vehicle manufacturers have joined forces with a major utility to standardise how electric vehicles are charged to speed-up the adoption of the clean energy cars around the world.
Kingdom Holdings Seeks Rest of Hotel Unit
15 Mar 2010, NYT Dealbook
Kingdom Holding, the investment vehicle for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, has tabled a bid for the rest of Kingdom Hotel Investments, valuing the lodging firm at $843 million, Bloomberg News...
