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Friday Letter: Appetite for creationHistory does not repeat itself, but it can act as a guide as to what to expect.
- Friday Letter: Survival of the fittest
Critics of the private equity model frequently suggest it is an easy game with easy profits. Investors are falling over themselves to hand cash to managers who then throw it at target companies, whose management capitulate at the prospect of the gravy train making an unscheduled stop at its door.
- Friday Letter: The return of the dreaded style drift
According to a recent survey, an overwhelming majority of investors are concerned at the prospect of their chosen managers going off piste and damaging their returns.
- Sweden to treat carry as ordinary income
Dialogue between private equity and the government over carried interest has helped bring a positive outcome for the industry, according to the industry's Swedish trade body.
- AXA becomes Fives' fourth PE owner
AXA Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in production line designer and supplier Fives Group in a deal valued at more than €800 million.
- AXA sells chemical maker to IK
IK plans to double profits over the next four years at Unipex.
- IK to invest in Belgium pharma
The London-based firm is seeking to benefit from a rising demand in over-the-counter medicines as government subsidies for prescription drugs in the Netherlands have been cut.
- EQT to invest in Danish retail
The investment, which will be the seventh transaction from the €4.82 bn EQT VI, follows a string of retail investments by private equity firms from the Nordic region.
- No plain sailing in Nordic waters
While the Nordic economies are in relatively good shape, deal flow has slowed and deal value has dropped significantly in the second half of 2012.
- IK sells Suomen Lähikauppa to Triton
The exit from Finland’s third largest daily goods retailer seals an active year for the firm.