Private Equity
Simon Henderson will be succeeded by Giles Cheek and Alex Morey at the helm of the buyout team.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
For most of its 30 years in business, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has been a dominant force in the private equity market. Following some intense introspection and retooling in the late 1990s, the New York-based firm is poised to again become the industry's heavyweight champion as it expands product lines, offices and head count around the world. David Snow takes a measure of the firm that invented, and reinvented, the big buyout.
7 min read · 04 January 2013
TH!NK North America will initiate sales of its zero-emission electric vehicle in North America by 2009.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Silver Lake’s middle market investment arm has agreed its second deal this month, its third ever, as it raises a $1bn debut fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Contrary to what the critics of private equity might tell you, making money in this business is getting harder, says William Jackson at Bridgepoint. To continue to succeed, firms like his can't afford to stand still, he tells Philip Borel.
6 min read · 04 January 2013
The global investment bank has recruited another member to the outfit it bought seven months ago. It has advised on €2.3bn of deals since then.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK bank has written down £5.9bn in leveraged loans, structured credit vehicles and US residential mortgages, as it embarks on a £12bn rights issue and looks to shore up its weak balance sheet.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European mid-market remains active despite the credit crunch.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK-based private equity firm has hired Daniel Healy, formerly the CFO of a US regional bank, to support the expansion of the firm’s US business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK bank, which is reportedly set to write-down its leveraged loan and complex bonds portfolio, has confirmed it is seeking a rights issue.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
