Private Equity
The uncertainty in Europe ‘plays to the strengths’, Permira said in its latest annual review, in which it reported strong growth among its funds.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Valuating investments denominated in the euro currency would be difficult if the currency was abandoned -- a consequence GPs should be ready for, say private equity lawyers.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm is well on the way to its $1.5bn hard-cap, having raised more than $400m since holding a first close in September.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Tom Donovan, an eight-year veteran of Credit Suisse’s senior distribution team, will lead the placement agent’s efforts in North America.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The fund’s advisory board includes several US foreign policy heavyweights, including General Wesley Clarke and terror-expert Richard Clarke.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Iwakaze Capital, headed by former Ripplewood Japan executive Kenji Ueda, has stopped raising its second fund, which launched in 2010, because of the tough marketing environment, according to Ueda.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
As the private equity industry continues to suffer from an image problem on both sides of the Atlantic, one influential US investor took us on a tour of a company that has benefitted from its private equity investments.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A $100m commitment from CalPERS has the Hong Kong-based firm closer to its $2.5bn target.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Michael Russell, a former PCG executive who joined Altius in 2007, has left to pursue other opportunities in the industry.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
