Private Equity
Marcel Herter is the latest of a number of high-ranking investment bankers to leave a job in leveraged finance recently.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The firm’s fundraising for its second venture debt fund has closed with commitments from all of its debut fund’s investors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Deal volume in Europe’s first quarter was down even in sectors which don’t depend on leverage, as the number of private equity deals fell to its lowest quarterly total since 2004, according to Candover.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The global mid-market buyout firm attracted interest nearly double its planned €5bn target, but it scaled back the fund giving existing limited partners priority.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The banks have vowed to 'vigourously' fight the lawsuits, while a Texas judge has issued a temporary restraining order compelling them to fund the take-private bid.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The bar code scanner company has agreed to be acquired by Honeywell International after being taken private for $398.5 million in December 2006.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
In last year's fundraising bonanza, speed of response and a reputation for staying the course helped funds of funds to meet their deployment targets. But their longer-term success will depend on finding time to identify the managers of the future, writes James Taylor.
8 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK insurer said the US buyout firm’s bid undervalues the company despite a 22 percent premium to the share price.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bangalore-based private equity firm has sold its stake in an Indian e-learning company to DE Shaw in what is easily among the largest exit multiples seen in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Nearly half of limited partners will decrease their target exposures to US private equity as a percentage of their overall private equity allocations, according to a new survey from PEI Research and the Institutional Limited Partners Association.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
