Private Equity
Indian financial services firm is acquiring a controlling stake in private equity firm Northgate Capital as part of plans to invest up to $1bn in asset management businesses around the world.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund is reportedly investing $500m each in custom accounts with secondaries players Lexington Partners, Goldman Sachs and Pantheon Ventures.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
China Forestry, Kaisa Group and Concord Medical Services, backed by Carlyle Asia Growth Capital Partners, have all seen IPOs this month. The firm has maintained its stake in all three companies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The tie-up with China's largest private investment house furthers Carlyle's aggressive expansion into the country, where the firm has so far invested more than $2.5bn.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Timothy Mohr and Robert Weiner of BDO Consulting share cautionary tales of misdeeds and alarming facts unearthed just before deal closings.
8 min read · 05 January 2013
Two weeks after an affiliate division raised private equity's largest-ever RMB fund, the sovereign wealth-backed fund manager has closed its second buyout fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based investment arm of China’s Bank of Communications has launched its debut private equity fund, which aims to raise up to $500m for a first close by May.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The global fund, believed to be the first of its kind, plans to leverage the massive buying power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Solomon Owayda resurfaced at fund of funds manager Siguler Guff in January, after having resigned as chief investment officer of SVG Advisers in May 2009. Before joining SVG in 1997, then called Schroder Ventures, Owayda was the director of alternative investments at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. The 23-year private equity veteran talks with PEI about his new role and shares his market outlook.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The blind pool fund is facing an existential crisis among property investors. Why not in private equity?
4 min read · 05 January 2013
