Private Equity
Investors in the continent’s private equity market should be considering other parts of the capital structure, writes Syntaxis Capital’s Africa head.
3 min read · 31 October 2017
Investors are likely to benefit from an impending upswing, according to the chairman of Angola’s $5.1bn sovereign wealth fund.
3 min read · 30 October 2017
CVC head of European healthcare Cathrin Petty has overseen a fourfold increase in dealflow as the firm raises its allocation to the sector.
2 min read · 09 October 2017
The $698m sub-Saharan fund is looking at opportunities in North Africa following a market resurgence across the continent.
2 min read · 05 October 2017
The sun is shining on private equity, and private debt is largely to thank. With financing from funds and banks readily available, Alistair Hay of Cavendish asks whether PE has ever had it so good and how these funding solutions can co-exist.
5 min read · 25 September 2017
As Private Equity International prepares to announce its Operational Excellence 2017 award winners, we take a look at the investment environment ahead and the importance of operational capabilities.
5 min read · 25 September 2017
Private Equity International looks under the bonnet of the private equity firm's investment in a kibbutz-oriented irrigation business.
4 min read · 25 September 2017
As funds come to the end of their lives with considerable remaining NAV, secondaries investors have upped their pursuit of tail-end deals.
3 min read · 10 September 2017
Nigel Dawn, from advisor Evercore, discusses some of the ways in which GPs can strategically access the secondaries market to actively manage their portfolio, accelerate liquidity for their investors while maximising the value of their portfolio companies.
5 min read · 07 September 2017
Private equity managers are building war chests as they prepare for the next market downturn, but there is no telling when that might be.
3 min read · 06 September 2017