Private Equity
Private equity returns from developed markets outside the US continue to outstrip those of emerging markets, according to Cambridge Associates research.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Craig Butcher has stepped down as senior partner at CEE-focused buyout firm Mid Europa to become a senior advisor. The firm has promoted two to partner as a result.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
<p> Turkey meets New York private equity 2011-12-01 Philip Borel Not long ago the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) approached PEI with an unusual request. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, would visit New York for the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations in Septemb</p>
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Virginia-based fund of funds has hired Gordon Hargraves from New York-based Rho Fund Investors, where he spent 12 years focusing on venture capital and smaller buyout funds.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Dubai-based investment bank SHUAA Capital has stopped investing from its two private equity funds and has no current plans to raise a new fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
African countries such as Egypt and Nigeria hold many attractive investment opportunities, Pontefract managing partner James Seymour said at PEI's emerging markets conference in London.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Citadel Capital has experienced turmoil this year, and while this week's second quarter results showed a net loss of $4.2m, a rights issue has helped bring the group back onto an even keel.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
With developed nations mired in financial crisis and emerging markets like Brazil, India and China now firmly emerged, canny investors should look to frontier territories, writes Robert Tomei, chairman and chief executive of private equity group Advanced Capital.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
3i's Michael Queen argues the biggest question facing European PE firms was how best to access growth in emerging markets like China, a market he said would have to change.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The two groups will provide an initial $400m to invest in Turkey and the surrounding region, and may raise a further $600m next year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
