Thomas Duffell is the Asia Editor for PEI Media. Based in PEI’s Hong Kong office, he is responsible for the cohort of Hong Kong-based reporters and Research & Analytics personnel as the company’s senior editorial representative in the region. He was previously Features Editor for PEI’s private equity real estate title PERE, where he was responsible for the publication's long-form journalism and analysis.
Good governance at Chinese companies can make the difference between good and mediocre returns, a study says.
1 min read · 13 November 2013
Private equity firms aren’t paying their portfolio company executives as much as venture capital firms and comparably-sized public companies, according to a new study.
2 min read · 08 November 2013
Edward Nadel, former director of alternatives at Credit Suisse, has been named senior counsel to the law firm’s investment management group.
1 min read · 23 October 2013
AXA and Fosun’s takeover of the resort operator was dealt a blow after an appeals court considering shareholder opposition to the deal set February 27 as the hearing date.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
Two founding partners of SL Capital Partners have come up with a new product that they claim will make it easier for LPs to record and analyse performance data.
1 min read · 09 October 2013
The surf-wear giant said it would enter into a restructuring agreement with Centerbridge Partners and Oaktree Capital Management - just a month after agreeing to take a A$309 million loan from Altamont Capital Partners.
1 min read · 09 October 2013
Former BVCA chairman Hugh Lenon will take on the role immediately leaving Phoenix’s two other managing partners to assume his previous duties.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK Treasury's consultation will also permit ‘third country’ funds to continue to use private placements until 2015.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The most popular fund domicile for Asian private equity plans greater disclosure of information for Cayman-domiciled funds.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Many trade buyers would pull out of a deal with a private equity firm because of poor ESG performance, according to fresh research.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
