Private Equity
<p>Private equity insiders gathered in Geneva this week were focused less on why 2009 was so difficult and more how the industry will emerge from the ashes. Keeping the pending AIFM directive from significantly hindering LP-GP relationships and global capital flows was chief among the concerns discussed. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>In today's extraordinarily tough global fundraising environment in which LPs ‘hold all the cards’, managers of emerging market private equity funds are having to fight a rising trend amongst investors to buy conservatively. </p>
4 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>Opportunities for Asian mezzanine providers have been thin on the ground up to now, so why has Babson Capital Management thrown its hat into the ring? </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>It’s time to tether carried interest to GP confidence. </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>The emergence of new pools of capital is a welcome signal for private equity fund managers, even if 'new' LPs aren't always looking to commit to traditional PE funds. </p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>Philip Borel worries about David Snow, his hapless challenger in the Marathon of Marathons. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>A crucial vote on EU transparency requirements was delayed by Eyjafjallajokull this week, but regulatory overhaul in the US marches on. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>This year’s PEI 300 is populated with familiar names, but as the mid-2000s fundraising boom recedes into history, expect a radical shuffling of the ranks</p> <p> </p>
2 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>US early stage investors are strikingly upbeat on their future – and still working hard to convince legislators that VCs shouldn’t be lumped in with regulation aimed at buyout funds. </p> <p> </p>
3 min read · 30 January 2013
<p>Jon Moulton’s Better Capital is doing what most listed private equity funds can only dream of: trading at a premium. </p>
4 min read · 30 January 2013
