Private Equity
<p>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.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 31 January 2013
(at a Private Equity Firm With Founder Economics)
2 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>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.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>The numbers spell short-term gloom, but private equity is right to trumpet its long-term perspective. The trick will be in judging when the falling knife has hit its floor.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>The charitable sector is rife with inefficiency and private equity’s disciplines have much to offer. But focus and sensitivity are the watchwords. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman has joined in a chorus of approval for the sovereign wealth funds invested in their companies.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>After a record year for investing, venture firms are expecting to benefit from renewed enthusiasm from limited partners overweight in mega buyouts.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>Almost 20 percent of Blackstone’s total assets lie in good will and other intangibles and that’s before the companies it owns are taken into account. Buyout firms are waking up to fresh ways to extract more value from the brands in their portfolios.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>The UK’s Walker code should be firmly on the radar of all global buyout firms.</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 31 January 2013
<p>A rare takeover of one listed fund of funds by another sheds light on the state of the secondaries market as private equity heads into troubled waters.</p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 31 January 2013
