Private Equity
Historically low vessel values make the shipping sector ripe for private equity investment, argues Watson, Farley & Williams' John Imhof. But will the global shipping market rebound?
3 min read · 09 October 2013
Private equity firm Ardian, which was recently spun off from French insurer AXA, has completed fundraising for a new 2.4 billion euro ($3.26 billion) buyout fund with fresh money from the United States and Asia, sister news service Reuters reported.
1 min read · 03 October 2013
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine shops have secured about $114.9 billion in capital commitments through the first nine months of 2013. Fundraising continues to lag slightly behind last year, when the year-to-date tally was $129.5 billion.
1 min read · 30 September 2013
The consumer products and services industry accounted for 1,749 transactions by U.S. sponsors with aggregate reported financial terms of almost $130 billion over the past ten years through Sept. 23.
1 min read · 27 September 2013
ACG Group has built itself into a significant limited partner through portfolio acquisitions on the secondary market. The fund of fund's president Wladimir Mollof shares his views on the GP-LP relationship and the future of the private equity industry.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
The Private Equity Growth Capital Council will ask portfolio company CEOs to help tell the industry's story in 2013, says PEGCC president Steve Judge.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
When any GP can claim to be a top performer, the industry needs some standard measure of greatness for the benefit of truly excellent managers and limited partners, writes Oliver Gottschalg.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
As ICICI Venture's distressed investment vehicle with Apollo Global Management continues to raise capital, the firm's chief executive and managing director Vishakha Mulye explains the motivation behind raising a special situations vehicle for India.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Separately managed accounts, which have become much more visible in the industry recently, are helping to set new standards in the GP/LP relationship, writes Tara Blackburn of Hamilton Lane.
5 min read · 21 September 2013
The year may have changed, but many of the same old uncertainties remain. Help us identify who in the industry dealt with these most successfully in 2012.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
