Investors in Permira’s Fund IV have been given the option to limit their capital contribution to 60% of the amount they originally committed to the €11.1bn fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused firm has already invested 12% of the fund, which will limit its use of leverage to deals in South Africa and Southeast Asia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Concern is mounting that EU legislators will introduce new rules for financial services in general that will do disproportionate damage to private equity in Europe.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity is well positioned to cope with the credit crunch, but its main worry is what comes afterwards, writes Philip Borel.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
Is the market too bearish on listed private equity funds? Philip Borel examines the issue.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The bank’s private equity arm is the lead investor in an agreed equity purchase in Breitenfeld, a niche steel producer in the Austrian region of Styria.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Olivier Lecler has been appointed CEO of Société Générale Asset Management’s alternative investment platform.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Forward-looking fund managers are preparing their portfolio companies for life in a deteriorating economic and financial climate, delegates at PEI’s Asia Forum in Hong Kong learned.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The Brussels-based trade body has unveiled a new research platform to provide “neutral, bias-free” data on private equity and venture capital activity in Europe.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The buyout firm has committed €2m, fundraising expertise and executive support to Breakthrough, the social enterprise support group it co-founded in 2005.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
