The Switzerland-based investment firm plans to increase its exposure to Asia in its latest secondaries vehicle.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
A panel of LPs at the PE Asia Forum in Hong Kong had mixed views on the development of the LP-GP relationship.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The number of distressed debt opportunities should increase next year due to fallout from the European debt crisis, according to an industry survey.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The alternatives manager is set to raise up to $800m in its forthcoming initial public offering, which would value the group at about $8bn.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Australian surfwear brand has received a new A$695m equity offer from TPG five months after it rejected a much higher bid from the US firm, a period in which its share price has plunged.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Chinese bidders have the cash and desire to be strategic buyers of private equity assets in the US, but regulations tend to get in the way.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
An investigation launched by the SEC into a US-lised Chinese company has caused private equity groups to question the validity of the 'variable interest entity' structure.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
China-based private equity fund returns were lagging in Q1 2012, with emerging markets returns also down year-on-year, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
James Carnegie has joined The Blackstone Group to help source deals in Australia. The hire comes less than a year after the firm brought in Paul Costello as chairman in the country.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The private equity firm's latest frontier market fund has raised $25m for investment in Myanmar.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
