Private Equity
The Australian country manager has sold its investment in the baby-food manufacturer to UK-listed PZ Cussons, just a month after Australian regulators blocked a bid from Heinz & Co.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
PEI flew to Frankfurt last month to find out why Germany is now, as one LP calls it, ‘one of the most attractive private equity markets to be in’
10 min read · 19 September 2013
The appointment of former managing director Donald Pascal to president comes following three new hires to Commonfund Capital earlier this year.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Hong Kong-based firm has made a final close on its latest China-focused vehicle, which was targeting $150 million.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
Launched in 2010, Fund VI’s original goal was $3.5bn, but the fundraising proved challenging, forcing the firm to reduce its ambitions and shrink its organisation as a result.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Turns out that even the thought of money makes us nastier people.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Open debt markets have allowed PE-backed companies to refinance £7.6bn worth of loans so far this year, according to fresh research, in a period that has also seen a marked revival of the IPO market.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
For TPG co-founder David Bonderman, ESG is top of mind, and he has firm views on the subject. When Philip Borel and James Taylor asked him about them, he was equally forthright on the trouble with Europe, how to tackle the challenges of Asia and what his firm will look like in five years’ time.
10 min read · 19 September 2013
Palladium’s investment in iconic potato chip maker Wise took a rapid nosedive when the company was hammered by the Atkins diet craze in the early 2000s.
5 min read · 19 September 2013
The $63bn retirement fund will gradually increase its target allocation to private equity from 16% during the next three to five years.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
