Americas Monitor Australia awakes Australia is showing signs that it is entering a significant pick-up phase for private equity activity, both in terms of local investment and a growing appetite for overseas commitments. Ricky Morton reports. “Australia has been something of a sleeper market in the past, although the situation is definitely starting to change,” […]
Americas Monitor Collateral damage The ideological backlash to Enronitis is threatening to stifle America’s entrepreneurial spirit, with potentially dramatic consequences not only for the country’s venture capitalist community, but also the economy as a whole. Polemic from Joseph W. Bartlett. Joseph Schumpeter noted that capitalism depends on the “animal spirits” of the entrepreneurial class. Today, […]
Europe Monitor Europe A funding threat From a private equity point of view, Basel II is a bad idea. Losing the banks as a source of capital could have serious consequences, especially in Europe. Much depends though on whether the pending proposals will be implemented in their current form. How risky is private equity? Views […]
The UK-based private equity firm that earlier this year completed its own buyout from HSBC Group, has completed its first exit as an independent entity.
Schroder Ventures Life Sciences, which closed $2m above its original target, received commitments from 18 institutions that backed the firm for the first time.
The Carlyle Group has appointed Cees van Lede, former chairman of Akzo Nobel, to the advisory board of its E1bn European buyout fund.
Greater return requirements are expected to prompt German insurance companies to double their target allocations to private equity, says a new survey.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is seeking state legislation enabling it to pay market rates for its investment professionals.
The two equity houses have teamed up to share risk and reward in a $127m buyout of Singapore Telecommunications' directories business.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is looking for fund of funds managers to take on a $100m mandate to invest in 'new and next generation' managers.
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