Private Equity
A Capital’s managing partner André Loesekrug-Pietri tells PEI why the firm recently partnered with the Beijing government to launch an RMB3 billion (€317 million; $460 million) fund to support Chinese companies’ overseas expansion.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
How a still-emerging private equity firm in China is building an institutionalised investment platform right from the start.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Full SEC registration can cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. The good news is that there are ways around it, writes Alastair Breward of Amadeus Capital.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Some GPs aren’t doing everything in their power to minimise portfolio companies’ tax bills and exposure to tax risk, warns PwC tax partner Barry Murphy.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Some US public pensions may be moving toward policies to monitor or punish GPs that support the restructuring of public employee benefits plans – but their focus is misplaced, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The SEC’s proposed ‘Form PF’, designed to measure private funds’ systemic risk, is a classic example of overregulation, writes Jenna Gottlieb.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A global shift from guaranteed to employee-contributed public pensions raises questions about the future of private equity funding, writes Zoe Hughes.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Speaking on the sidelines of the PEI Asia Forum in Hong Kong, Enrique Cuan, co-managing partner of placement firm Mercury Capital Advisors, says LPs aren't yet as adventurous as one might be led to believe.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
In a video interview on the sidelines of last week's PEI Asia Forum in Hong Kong, the founding partner of Baring Private Equity Asia notes trends he observed during his firm's recent $2.5bn fundraise.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The shake-out occurring in the Middle East and North African private equity market could be just the dose of reality the fledgling industry needed, writes Oliver Smiddy.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
