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Apax loses healthcare talentUS-based partner Bill Sullivan and two principals from the healthcare team have left or are leaving the firm, which recently held a €4.3bn first close on Fund VIII.
- Friday Letter: The 12 days of Christmas
Several days before Christmas/ My news team sent to me/ A send-up song for private equity.
- Friday Letter: Ballot Box Closing
Last year was a high-water mark for the industry before the crunch hit home. Help decide who will be remembered and celebrated for excellence, by voting in our Global Private Equity Awards for 2007 to determine the shortlists for the final round, which opens on Monday.
- Friday Letter Tread lightly
The charitable sector is rife with inefficiency and private equity’s disciplines have much to offer. But focus and sensitivity are the watchwords.
- Friday Letter Business as usual
The long-awaited European Parliament’s proposal to regulate private equity seems unlikely to affect the buyout industry after all – and bodes well for US GPs, too.
- Friday Letter Revolution and evolution
As European private equity officials gathered in Paris this week to reflect on the industry’s future, news pertaining to two of its best known fund managers – Apax and Candover – accentuated just how divergent firms’ fortunes can be.
- Friday Letter Going once, going twice
Auctions are back, with large firms lining up eagerly to deploy their capital.
- Friday Letter Suited to life in public
Jon Moulton’s Better Capital is doing what most listed private equity funds can only dream of: trading at a premium.
- Friday Letter No time for turkey
For anyone who wasn’t quite convinced: the anticipated pick-up in LBO activity has arrived.
- Friday Letter PEI Award winners find success in uncertain times
During December, thousands of private equity industry participants in more than 50 countries took the time to think about which firms, advisors and transactions truly stood out from the rest in 2010. They voted in our annual PEI Awards readers’ poll, the results of which were revealed this week and show the brightest firms in the industry have flourished despite challenging conditions.