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Portfolio Management Atlas 2012A sign of the times...
- Friday Letter: Minority Issues
Buyout firms are most times control freaks: they expect to take majority positions in companies – and for very good reason.
- Friday Letter: Following the bear
The conventional wisdom is that private equity investing in Russia is a risky business.
- Friday Letter: Keep Talking
Picture the scene. A crowded roundtable discussion at a busy private equity conference in central London yesterday. A man in the audience asks the two panelists, both distinguished buyout partners, if they are concerned by the potential for complaint from public market investors, should a recent public-to-private trigger a spate of similar deals.
- 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: Private equity for the masses
The last time this much US effort went into selling private equity to the common man was in 2000, just before the market entered a painful downturn.
- Friday Letter Steady now
Panic in the credit markets: don’t expect much buyout activity any time soon.
- Friday Letter: Falling in love again
Once again private equity is flavour of the month among the bulge bracket banks. We have been here before of course and external investors in any bank funds would do well to think about a "pre-nup" contract.
- 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: global reach
The UK’s Walker code should be firmly on the radar of all global buyout firms.