Private Equity

Commentary

And the winner is ...

CVC, Hellman & Friedman, Welsh Carson, Advent and Actis are among the industry veterans to have won awards in the highly regarded Private Equity International Awards 2008.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Changing fortunes

As an economy and as a private equity market, Australia could do little wrong. How will the country’s GPs cope with the rude intervention of global recession? asks Andy Thomson

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Diving into distressed investing

As the global economy sinks, interest in distressed and turnaround investments has grown.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Who’s responsible?

The largest private equity firms in the world have committed to consider socially responsible investment guidelines. Is this all just PR window dressing? asks Christopher Witkowsky.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Managing expectations

Fund managers should keep a few things in mind as they face a surge in information requests from LPs, writes Kevin Ley.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Industry introspection

A Darwinian winnowing of the European VC industry will not be enough to finally produce respectable results, writes Simon Clark.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Waiting for the thaw

Looming year-end revaluations have put secondary deals on ice – but a $30bn ‘avalanche’ of closable deal flow awaits.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Fee wars

Two and twenty? Try one and ten for KKR's new infrastructure fund, reveals David Snow.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Pass-the-parcel

Guy Hands this week knocked deals done between financial sponsors. Toby Mitchenall explores the issue.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Quality seconds

As private equity write-downs proliferate, the secondaries market is providing much-needed cheer, writes Andy Thomson.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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