Private Equity
Central Europe faces some short-term challenges, but opportunities knocks in this varied region, writes Ben Edwards.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The two institutional backers have provided a €1.3bn anchor investment for the vehicle, which will invest in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. It will be the firm’s first third-party fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Lise Nobre has joined Parisian turnaround specialist Butler Capital, owner of Paris St Germain football club.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Leon Black-led firm has assembled a core group of real estate professionals from Barclays, Goldman Sachs and AREA Property Partners as it prepares to raise an opportunistic private equity real estate fund later this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The £3bn UK pension lifeboat fund has appointed Guy Fraser-Sampson - former investment controller at ADIA - to advise its investment committee on its alternatives programme as it mulls an entry into the private equity market.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In its annual report, the mega-buyout firm frankly addressed setbacks it suffered last year, including the liquidation of Blue Wave and Carlyle Capital, but stressed it is poised to take advantage of current opportunities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK firm is in exclusive talks to buy talent management agency James Grant Media Group, which looks after stars such as media mogul Simon Cowell and celebrity hypnotist Paul McKenna.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
BVCA data shows UK private equity funds outperforming the public markets over both the short and long term, as well as a shift in the balance of power towards mid-market returns.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The acquisition of Close Brothers Corporate Finance by the European subsidiary of Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities SMBC will give the bank access to and presence in European markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Delegates at an emerging markets conference in Washington DC yesterday argued that emerging managers, now more than ever, have a responsibility to the communities in which they invest.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
