Private Equity
As France gradually settles down after a year rich in political and economic drama, its private equity industry is seeing signs of life again. But the resulting recovery is likely to see winners and losers
10 min read · 20 September 2013
PEI recently sat down with New Jersey's Division of Investment director Tim Walsh and investment council chair Bob Grady (pictured) to talk about the system's ongoing efforts to lower fees.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
After a tough couple of years for the European institutional lending market, volumes are slowly creeping up again
5 min read · 20 September 2013
The £2.5bn growth investor, established less than two years ago to support promising British SMEs, has now backed Scotland-based Petrotechnics.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK seems to have circumvented a potential AIFM headache for secondaries players – but the issue hasn’t gone away in other European countries
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Private equity in the Netherlands slowed down noticeably in 2012 – and while there’s been no sign of a rebound so far this year, there is some cautious optimism about the second half
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Amid signs that the European crisis is increasingly taking its toll on Central & Eastern Europe, PEI went to Warsaw to ask three industry experts whether the timing is right to reconsider investing in the region – and found a number of reasons for local GPs to be optimistic.
10 min read · 20 September 2013
In just three years, Synova Capital helped reposition dental services business dbg, tripling EBITDA in the process and generating a 77% IRR on exit. By Vicky Meek
5 min read · 20 September 2013
Just weeks after paying fellow private equity firm AnaCap £800m for the UK debt business, JC Flowers has sold a majority stake for £128m to Encore Capital.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The London-listed firm’s investment volume was £204m during the period, more than double compared to the £92m in the previous period, which was mainly due to Electra’s investments in bank-related assets – an area where it sees deal flow picking up.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
