Private Equity
Bear Stearns has created a private trading platform, which will bring the total number of such private US exchanges to four.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two weeks after announcing its newly-formed Russian affiliate, Draper Fisher Jurvetson has established an Israel fund in conjunction with Israeli VC firm Tamir Fishman Ventures.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Listed emerging markets manager Origo Sino-India is backing an Indian iron ore producer with a $10 million investment that will trigger Origo’s own return to market for funding.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Asia’s private equity report card for the first half of this year is out: fundraising has surpassed last year’s record levels but transaction value has fallen compared to the first six months of 2006.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US merchant banking group has tripled profits reporting “strong results” in its private equity, real estate, financial advisory and fund management businesses, despite watching its unit price fall 20 percent since the IPO.
4 min read · 04 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm is overhauling its senior deal team in Finland, where it has not made an investment since 2005.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made three senior hires into its recently-formed Asia leveraged finance team. The division, which is based in Hong Kong, is headed by Eric Mason who joined the buyout group in May from JP Morgan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Private Equity Council, National Venture Capital Association, International Council of Shopping Centers and many Republican lawmakers have come out in opposition to legislation introduced yesterday that would significantly increase US taxes for alternative investment fund managers.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made three senior hires into its recently-formed Asia leveraged finance team. The division, which is based in Hong Kong, is headed by Eric Mason who joined the buyout group in May from JP Morgan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
China is reportedly close to approving the launch of a Singapore-China private equity fund that aims at boosting investments at Suzhou Industrial Park.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
