Private Equity
Private equity activity in Canada has fallen year-on-year while fundraising by Canadian managers has nearly doubled.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Katherine Woodthorpe has given her resignation after seven years at the Australian PE organisation to pursue new challenges.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Rohatyn Group will substantially expand its presence in emerging markets by acquiring Citi Venture Capital International, one of the bank’s few remaining in-house private equity divisions.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The $1.75bn exit comes following a terminated sale and scuttled refinancing for the candle retailer, which Madison Dearborn acquired in 2007.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The Tom Gores-led firm launched its third turnaround and special situations fund in 2011.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
There’s a vacuum at the smaller end of the secondary market, argue Capital Dynamics’ Joseph Marks (pictured) and Sandro Galfetti.
4 min read · 19 September 2013
European GPs are on course to collect more than twice as much capital as last year, according to PEI data. Acanthus' managing partner Armando D’Amico tells PEI what’s topping LPs’ priority lists.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Accessing the high yield and US bank finance markets is increasingly attractive for European private equity deals, write Latham & Watkins’ Dominic Newcomb and David Walker.
4 min read · 19 September 2013
The African-focused firm, which started fundraising last year, is understood to have held a $250m first close in July and is expected to wrap up fundraising in May next year.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The Canadian pension system has topped the LP50 – PEI's exclusive new ranking of the world's most prolific private equity fund investors – after committing almost $4bn in a single 12-month period.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
