Private Equity
Making good, consistent returns in emerging markets is still hugely challenging. But with developed markets stagnating, these fast-growing economies are becoming increasingly difficult for private equity investors to ignore.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Last time private equity backed Japanese fast-food chain Skylark things went wrong. Now Bain Capital thinks it can do better.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The LP body has issued the last of its reporting templates intended to standardise GP reporting. The templates could bring great benefits to the industry, but universal adoption is no certainty.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
LPs are reporting a record number of fundraising extension requests – and may be toughening their stance on issues like ‘key man’ clauses as they make fewer and smaller commitments.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
With developed nations mired in financial crisis and emerging markets like Brazil, India and China now firmly emerged, canny investors should look to frontier territories, writes Robert Tomei, chairman and chief executive of private equity group Advanced Capital.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Brazilian pensions may become an integral stop on the private equity fundraising trail, but competition for their commitments will be fierce.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-listed fund manager Origo Partners, which is active in both China and Mongolia, is in the market to raise a $200m fund targeting China’s cleantech sector. PE Asia caught up with the firm’s chief executive officer Chris Rynning, to discuss the firm’s pipeline in both regions.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
UK opposition leader Ed Miliband singled out private equity this week as an example of 'bad business'. The argument may have been weak, but the sentiment is significant.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity in Turkey has been on the up for a few years now, without ever quite taking off. But stars seem to be aligning in its favour.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Private Equity International recently caught up with Tuck Furuya, executive director at Japanese placement agent Ark Alternative Advisors, to discuss Japanese LPs’ attitudes toward private equity.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
