Private Equity
Better Capital, which is set up to make regular cash distributions to shareholders, is the only UK-listed private equity group to be trading at a premium. But that doesn't mean its peers should be trying harder to throw off cash.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
Steve Cowan, managing director of fund of funds investor 57 Stars, speaks here about the firm’s focus on investing in mid-market corporate finance in emerging markets around the world.
1 min read · 16 January 2013
The fees sponsors around the world paid to investment banks in 2012 fell 6.84 percent from year earlier levels. The amount shelled out during the final quarter was an improvement from the comparable year ago period and contributed to the narrowed year-over-year comparison.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The early days of 2013 have seen a few fundraising efforts. The largest involved Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP closing Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VI LP at $1.6 billion.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Worldwide private equity-backed M&A activity in 2012 was flat, based on disclosed deal volume. It totaled $321.4 billion compared with $322.5 billion a year earlier.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Martin Day, a partner at Caledon Capital Management, discusses how the Toronto-based firm designs customized accounts for small and mid-size pension funds, focusing on private equity and infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 10 January 2013
2 min read · 08 January 2013
As private equity firms supplement existing M&A specialists with operational experts, marrying the two very different attitudes and skillsets presents a significant challenge, according to speakers at our Operating Partners Forum last week in London.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
In an era of constrained availability of capital for deals, mezzanine lenders have stepped in to fill the void, and limited partners have taken notice of the strategy's return potential and risk profile, writes New York Life Capital Partners chief executive officer Thomas Haubenstricker.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Tim Levene, founder of growth capital investor Augmentum Capital, discusses which market is best suited to a technology IPO after Facebook's troubled debut.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
