Private Equity
The US firm has reportedly taken a 10-20% stake in Indonesian firm Northstar, echoing its original approach to Asia via Newbridge Capital, an affiliate it later subsumed.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The dramatic increase in exit activity last year in both the North American and European markets illustrates private equity’s ability to weather economic storms, according to Ernst & Young.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
More than 60% of capital deployed globally by private equity firms was invested in North American companies last year, a report by The Private Equity Growth Capital Council has found.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The US president wants to raise $18bn by taxing carried interest as ordinary income.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The New York-based firm has closed its second vehicle on $844m, and has made two platform investments already, says CEO Ian Snow.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The US IPO market, analyzed in this month’s edition of Private Equity International, has slowed considerably after coming out of the gate with a bang during the first half of 2011.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Switzerland's attempts to help its exporters by promising to cap the value of the franc could have negative consequences for private equity firms operating in the eurozone.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Partners Group, the Switzerland-based private markets investment manager, has continued its international expansion with the launch of a new office in Paris. The firm now has 15 offices in total around the world.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The long-time secondaries player will focus on several strategies, including developed Asian buyout funds, energy and consumer goods.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm, which focuses on US power investments, expects to close its fourth fund in October.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
