Private Equity
The asset class is seeing funds come to market with dedicated allocations to secondaries, such as funds-of-funds recently closed by Partners Group and Pantheon. A €500m block of infrastructure fund interests currently up for sale also indicates dealflow is picking up sharply.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The directive would allow VC funds in the EU to invest in other EU member states. The impact on US-based firms is not clear, but the NVCA, led by Mark Heesen, is 'watching carefully'.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global private equity firm’s $159m investment in the food unit of Masan Group is KKR’s fourth deal in Southeast Asia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In yet another PIPE investment in China's clean energy sector, the US firm has agreed to invest up to $150m in Hong Kong-listed Comtec Solar Systems.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of Indian retail pharmacy chain MedPlus marks the first exit from Arcapita India Growth Capital Fund I.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale marks the second exit in two weeks for the firm, which last year had 10 liquidity events resulting in over $435 million of distributions.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has partially exited its holding in Norma Group, which raised more than €386m in its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has worked hard after receiving an investment period extension last year to bring its fourth fund into profitability after the headline-grabbing Chrysler bankruptcy and the government bailout of GMAC Financial.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Terms and conditions of emerging market funds are being influenced by two counterbalancing forces: appetite for the region and risk, says Geoffrey Kittredge of Debevoise & Plimpton.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
Now that the US Congress has avoided a government shutdown by passing a 2011 budget, attention shifts to the 2012 budget. A carried interest tax hike may be enacted to help pay for spending cuts.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
