Private Equity
<p>Study shows operational value creation > leverage</p>
3 min read · 27 June 2014
<p>It's that time of year again: we want to hear your operational success stories for our annual awards.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 20 June 2014
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine shops raised more than $78.9 billion in capital through June 6. The latest fundraising tally is more than twice the $36.9 billion recorded through mid-June in 2013.
1 min read · 16 June 2014
The prevailing view, at least in the West, is that China has rather lost its shine lately as far as investors are concerned.
3 min read · 13 June 2014
The proportion of equity used to finance U.S. leveraged buyouts fell by 6 percentage points, from the 44 percent recorded in the last quarter of 2013 to 38 percent in the first quarter of 2014.
1 min read · 13 June 2014
Bain Capital is suing EY in a United States court, claiming that the auditing firm cost it roughly $60 million by advising it to invest in Lilliput Kidswear, a children’s clothing company in India.
2 min read · 13 June 2014
Finding good management teams in China is increasingly important, but increasingly difficult, GPs suggest<br /> <br />
2 min read · 13 June 2014
Sentinel Capital and TriArtisan Capital Partners appear to be making a rather low, 25 percent equity contribution to their purchase of retstaurant chain TGI Fridays, a calculation shows.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
Spectrum Equity has made it official. The growth equity firm is looking to raise $800 million with its seventh fund, according to a source and an SEC filing.
2 min read · 11 June 2014
Jane Mendillo, the first woman to run Harvard University’s investment arm, will leave at the end of 2014 after guiding the Ivy League school’s $32.7 billion endowment through the financial crisis and its aftermath.
3 min read · 11 June 2014
