Private Equity
Long shunned as uninspiring, Japan is getting a second look from global firms and LPs – thanks partly to its underperforming neighbours.
8 min read · 20 September 2013
Is the higher level of commitments from North American LPs to Cinven’s new fund good news for other European GPs still on the road? Not necessarily, writes Yolanda Bobeldijk
3 min read · 20 September 2013
China continues to top the priority lists of North American LPs allocating to Asia. But as investors get more experienced, they are seeking out more specialised strategies.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
As France gradually settles down after a year rich in political and economic drama, its private equity industry is seeing signs of life again. But the resulting recovery is likely to see winners and losers
10 min read · 20 September 2013
Chinese GPs are running low on exit options, but the barriers to unconventional routes – like secondary sales to other GPs – remain high.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
After a tough couple of years for the European institutional lending market, volumes are slowly creeping up again
5 min read · 20 September 2013
With LBOs expected to increase in China, domestic banks are learning the nuances of leverage financing through their offshore units
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Governments’ determined efforts to pump money into the financial system have created lots of liquidity for lending – but the impact of the crash is still being felt on the demand side
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The two private equity veterans have acquired 50% of the Spanish lender’s €152bn asset management business.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Seiichi Saito, director at Alternative Investment Capital – one of Japan’s few domestic funds of funds – talks to PEI about Japanese investors’ expectations of private equity.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
