Private Equity
Youku expects to close another $40m funding round from new investors in the next six months.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Man Infraconstruction hopes to raise INR1.5bn through the new share offer, which will dilute the stakes held by Standard Chartered Private Equity and Sabre Abraaj.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment in Firepro Systems gives the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank two board seats.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Despite Prudential Real Estate Investors' global heft, chief executive officer Allen Smith believes the firm is as nimble, and flexible, as any boutique operation. By Zoe Hughes
10 min read · 05 January 2013
The IPO implies a 6x paper return for second largest shareholder The Carlyle Group, which is subject to a one-year lock-up period and has no intentions to ‘rush for the door’.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.
10 min read · 05 January 2013
PCD Stores raised $374m in its IPO, which was 43 times oversubscribed and generated a 'strong return' for the UK-headquartered private equity firm.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
PEI Media’s sister publication, PERE magazine, recent sat down to speak with Keith O’Donnell, the global head of real estate at Taxand, to discuss the grand tax themes shaping the industry. From crackdowns on abuse of tax treaties to attacks on interest deductibility of intra-company loans and the taxation of debt investments, there is plenty to concern private fund managers.
6 min read · 05 January 2013
The commitment comes as the $200bn pension is reviewing its private equity programme, including analysing fees paid by its fund managers to placement agents.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
