Private Equity
It’s a shame CalPERS may refuse to take a negative stance on the SEC’s proposed placement agent ban, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
There is plenty of demand for Asian secondaries – but where are the vendors?
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Growth in profits, employment and productivity were common features found in an analysis of 300 European companies owned and exited by private equity firms in the past four years.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European trade body is the latest to stress placement agents ‘play a crucial role’ in the private investment fund industries.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The mid-market firm has acquired a German supplier to the confectionary industry, in the first investment from Riverside Europe Fund IV.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The latest private equity-sponsored company to file an IPO is US retailer rue21, originally backed by Saunders Karp, a mid-market firm Apax absorbed.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Kenneth Lee's retirement comes ahead of the firm's plans to raise a China-focused fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Shweta Jalan has joined Advent's fledgling Indian operations. The hire follows six additions to its operating partner programme in the past three weeks.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Renewable energy is already worth over $150 billion a year to private financiers, and could grow four times as big as countries try to slash carbon emissions. Matilda Battersby reports
6 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Florian, who heads the energy-focused private equity firm’s infrastructure team, told attendees at the New York State Infrastructure Summit today that new forms of financing should be utilised for such a project to have real value.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
