Private Equity
The Swiss alternative investment manager will launch the vehicle in 2010 after deciding earlier this year not to extend the fundraising timetable for its first infrastructure fund of funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Gresham will sell its chairlift manufacturer to Herkules Capital-backed Handicare.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Serge-Alexandre Lauper will serve as the co-head of investment management for Swiss Re Private Equity Partners. He left Horizon21, the Swiss alternative asset manager with a fund-of-funds for infrastructure, about two weeks ago.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has led a £72m funding round for a Hyderabad-based company, marking its first 'significant' foray into India's clean energy sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Why Gallic GPs are shrugging at tax and regulatory upheaval across Europe.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Auctions are back, with large firms lining up eagerly to deploy their capital.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Proposed EU regulations covering the private equity industry have received more than 1,000 demands for amendments by MEPs, indicating that the process of achieving a final bill could stretch on even longer.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Hudson Advisors Europe, the European arm of the mortgage special servicing platform previously described as the “factory” of Dallas-based Lone Star, has added to its offices in Munich and Frankfurt with an office in London.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A group of prominent Dutch pensions has warned investors could pull out of alternative investing if the EU regulations on alternative funds are approved.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
If carried interest is taxed as ordinary income in the US, American GPs will face much higher tax rates than some of their European peers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
