Private Equity
The Glasgow-headquartered firm invested 100% equity from the £200m Scottish Equity Partners fund IV.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
China-based private equity fund returns were lagging in Q1 2012, with emerging markets returns also down year-on-year, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Boyu Capital, CITIC Capital and CBD Capital were among the Chinese private equity firms that helped Alibaba raise $7.6bn in a share buyback from Yahoo!, said to be the largest-ever non-LBO private financing for a technology company.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
James Carnegie has joined The Blackstone Group to help source deals in Australia. The hire comes less than a year after the firm brought in Paul Costello as chairman in the country.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
5 min read · 17 January 2013
An IPO scandal has pressured China regulators to tighten rules on IPOs, pushing PE and VC to consider other exit strategies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
New entrants to the private equity secondary market are attracting talent and capital that was previously the sole preserve of dedicated secondaries investors. Graham Winfrey reports
7 min read · 17 January 2013
A recent survey from Coller Capital and the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association found that a majority of LPs will either increase or stand pat on commitments to Latin American funds over the next year.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Chinese private conglomerate has completed the largest buyout of a US company to date, underscoring China's cross-border M&A trend.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Richard Ong-led private equity firm will do a first close this month on its $4bn Asia vehicle just two months after launching the fund. Temasek, an LP, made the largest investment ever into a single fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
