Private Equity

Central & Eastern Europe

Apex Group: Will PE open up for Main Street investors?

Retail investors’ appetite for private market opportunities is unlikely to dissipate in the long term, but barriers remain, say Apex Group’s Elaine Chim, Gareth Smith and Rajeesh Khanna Chinnaswamy

7 min read · 30 April 2020

PEI Awards 2019: EMEA winners

Find out who took the plaudits in Fund, Deal and Exit of the Year, plus the different markets and geographies across the region.

9 min read · 02 March 2020

Florida SBA: Investment barriers still exist in Europe

The $164bn pension plan, which is focused on getting more exposure to smaller managers in Europe, finds language and regulatory differences within the EU still tough to navigate.

4 min read · 26 February 2020

Three questions for the Baltic states’ largest fund

INVL Asset Management held a €165m final close on its latest fund and will back up to 10 companies in the Baltics, Scandinavia and Central Europe.

3 min read · 07 February 2020

Secondary buyout returns face heightened risk of decline – report

Sponsor-to-sponsor deals, a steady source of dealflow for GPs, usually generate favourable returns so long as the market cooperates, according to a report from Adams Street Partners.

3 min read · 28 January 2020

Emerging Europe hits highest deal count in 2019 – report

PE deal volume continues to increase year-on-year as the region’s larger and faster-growing economies provide a hunting ground for international and domestic GPs.

2 min read · 22 January 2020

Three homegrown LPs making their mark in Central and Eastern Europe

Local investor groups are increasingly more visible and competing for deals with private equity firms.

4 min read · 11 December 2019

Russian private equity hangs in the balance

The government has propped up Russian private equity following western retrenchment in recent years; it remains unclear whether the industry can make it alone.

4 min read · 11 December 2019

Russia’s Elbrus targets Asia, Middle East for $600m fundraise – exclusive

Its first fund, a 2008-vintage, still has four remaining assets and is operating at 0.8x gross total value, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

2 min read · 24 October 2019

Europe exits tumble in Q3 as investors take pause – report

Brexit uncertainty, Germany's manufacturing recession and increasing nationalism have affected investor sentiment across the Eurozone, according to PitchBook.

2 min read · 23 October 2019

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