Private Equity

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Ripple effects

As emerging Asian economies struggle with declining exports and an economic slowdown, private equity firms risk some fallout, writes Siddharth Poddar.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

GPs explore retail's realities

Private equity firms have quite literally been on a shopping spree. Buyouts in the retail/consumer sectors in the past five years attracted the most capital from the world’s largest private equity firms. How will they cope now that the sector has taken a turn for the worse?

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Bankruptcy woes

Liquidations are more common in the bankruptcy world as financing for reorganisations has dried up, writes Christopher Witkowsky.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Quiet rock stars

Davos' private equity 'rock stars' have been stunned into silence – or conversely spurred into urging large-scale financial reform.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Two sides to every story

Private equity is still trying to justify its self-regulated existence, writes Toby Mitchenall

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Taking temperatures

Jenny Blinch explores optimism across Asia: Is the region’s private equity market best placed to weather the global financial storm?

3 min read · 05 January 2013

PE vs. Tremont

Unlike hedge funds, private equity doesn’t have to deal with the Madoff performance question, writes David Snow.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

India’s fraudulent wake up call

The Satyam scandal has brought forgotten corporate governance issues back out into the open in India, which could effect future deal flow, writes Siddharth Poddar.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Notes from the frontline

The EVCA is undergoing a strategic review to best confront what promises to be a challenging year for the industry, writes Javier Echarri.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Accused of collusion

Christopher Witkowsky explains why 14 private equity firms may have to defend themselves in a Massachusetts court.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

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