Private Equity
As critics in the US pour scorn on the private equity industry, one influential group appears to be doing the opposite. Research shows the returns generated by the asset class have caused large public pension plans to almost quadruple their exposure over the last decade.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-based financial services specialist AnaCap Financial Partners has met its target for its second credit opportunities fund, raising €318m in five months as investors eye opportunities to invest in European loans.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Kuwait-based NBK Capital continues to successfully realise investments, following its sale of Aras Cargo in December with the sale of Saudi Arabian group Hanco for a 2x return as the firm prepares to launch its next fundraising.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
AAC Capital Partners has generated a 2.4x return on ventilation business Volution after finally concluding a protracted sale process with a £163m sale to TowerBrook.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Emerging markets-focused investment group Actis, which remains in negotiations with the UK government over the 40% of the business still owned by state agency DfID, has promoted three of its executives to partner.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Time is running out to cast your vote in the prestigious Private Equity International Awards 2011. Many of the races are incredibly close - so your vote could edge one firm, fund or advisor into the No. 1 spot.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Warren Hellman, the co-founder of US buyout firm Hellman & Friedman, has died at the age of 77 after a battle with leukemia.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Despite fears that the UK economy is teetering on the brink of recession, the country’s lower mid-market appears to be in good health, according to Lyceum Capital in conjunction with CASS Business School.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity firms across the world clamoured to round off the year on a high, leading to a slew of new investments and exits.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
German special situations specialist Orlando Management is close to wrapping up fundraising for its third fund, having garnered about €200m from institutional investors in a process that took weeks rather than months.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
