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Friday Letter: PEO's crystal ballIt’s nearly 2006, and you’re probably about to pop open the Krug. Before you do, take a quick look at the following – PEO’s predictions for what is shaping up to be another wild ride on the private equity express. If you thought 2005 was intense, get ready for ’06 – for better or worse, another intriguing chapter of LBO and VC history is about to be written.
- Friday Letter The customer is always right
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts blew the market away earlier this year with the first publicly quoted vehicle since the UK’s investment trusts of the 1980s and 1990s, many predicted a rash of similar offerings.
- Friday Letter: A wild goose chase
According to the Encyclopaedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson, a wild goose chase was first used to describe a peculiar kind of 16th-century English horse race. The racers would set off into a forest following a lead horse, which could run in any direction.
- 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 Do well by doing good
Private equity is beginning to see the business case in putting people and the planet more explicitly on the agenda.
- Friday Letter 12 unusual months
PEO takes a look at some the year's top challenges to the industry, as well as some encouraging indicators.
- Doughty restructuring paves way for €3bn fund
The conclusion of probate issues following the death of co-founder Nigel Doughty in February has paved the way for Doughty Hanson to restructure and begin raising its next fund.
- Corbidge departs Doughty after restructuring
Following a restructuring in the wake of co-founder Nigel Doughty's death earlier this year, one of Doughty Hanson's private equity co-heads has decided to leave the firm.
- EMI in bid talks
EMI is in early stage talks with private equity houses, underlining private equity’s interest in the media and entertainment sectors.
- Doughty Hanson timetables first Spanish deal with bus buyout
The European private equity firm has embarked on its first deal in Spain since opening its office in September this year with the acquisition of Avanza, a bus operator.