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3i seals €275m refinancing for Dutch retailerThe dividend recap is the latest example of GPs taking advantage of improved credit conditions.
- Debt in Europe: Frothy recaps?
The credit markets may have cooled slightly in the second quarter, but the latest S&P figures show there was no slowdown in the volume of dividend recaps.
- Bridgepoint in €800m eyeglass exit
The deal for eyeglass retailer Alain Afflelou was struck just one day after Bridgepoint confirmed it had entered exclusive talks with Lion Capital.
- Friday Letter: IPO Pain
It is a brave man that pushes ahead with a flotation of a portfolio company in today’s volatile equity markets. In London, at least three initial public offerings have been publicly pulled or tempered in the last few weeks. Who knows how many have been mulled and abandoned before they even received the oxygen of publicity?
- Friday Letter: Every cloud has a silver lining
The numbers spell short-term gloom, but private equity is right to trumpet its long-term perspective. The trick will be in judging when the falling knife has hit its floor.
- Friday Letter: Merger madness
The manager consolidation industry insiders have been predicting kicked off this week with two very different deals united by a common thread: a solution for the seller equals a break into new markets for the buyer.
- Friday Letter Turkish delight
Turkey is increasingly on the minds of private equity participants: PEI’s standing room only conference in Istanbul this week highlighted a market brimming with possibilities.
- Friday Letter Going once, going twice
Auctions are back, with large firms lining up eagerly to deploy their capital.
- Friday Letter It's back but it's different
Ask a dozen US and European private equity and leveraged finance professionals if credit markets are open again and you'll get 15 different answers. But all agree conditions have vastly improved from 2009 lows.
- Friday Letter Operational experts shine in PEI awards
Browsing through the winners of PEI’s 2011 awards, one thing becomes apparent: the winners are by and large firms with a demonstrable ability to operationally improve portfolio companies.