Private Equity
The chaotic financial markets of Europe present certain chances for private equity managers to shine, though limited partners should be on the lookout for managers with specific talents around credit, debt or regionally focused buyouts, writes David Fann and the TorreyCove investment team.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The firm is bolstering its Middle Eastern presence by adding its third office in the region and is considering hiring up to 35 professionals for the MENA team over the next 12 months.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm's 14th fund is its third fund to close on or above $2.5bn and will continue NEA’s strategy of investing globally in IT, healthcare and energy technology, says NEA's Peter Barris.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
First Round has never, to its knowledge, spawned another smaller but equally perfectly formed magazine intro section. But it is fully prepared to accept that parents tend to look at their offspring through rose-tinted glasses.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The $12bn of distributions by emerging market funds last year represent the highest level on record, while non-US developed market distributions rose a dramatic 74% year-over-year to $32.3bn, according to Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Teachers' Private Capital is understood to have paid Altor Equity Partners more than $300m for a 75% stake in Helly Hansen.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Former Credit Suisse Asset Management executive Mark Bourgeois will replace Atlantic-Pacific Capital’s founder, James Manley, as CEO. Manley (pictured) will remain chairman.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
N+1 and Mercapital, two of the Spanish private equity industry’s most venerable firms, have merged to create a new manager that will hit the fundraising trail next year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has agreed the sale of fashion brand Valentino to a Qatari investment group for about €700m, as it raises its fifth buyout fund, which is targeting €6.5bn and is yet to hold a first close.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A little more than a year after its blockbuster exit from Skype, Silver Lake has launched its fourth fund targeting $7.5bn.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
