Private Equity
Buyouts are booming in the Benelux region, with 2006 volumes already breaking records as mega-deals make the headlines. Competition for assets is intense and private equity firms have had to evolve strategically to differentiate themselves from the pack. Joanna Hickey reports.
6 min read · 03 January 2013
Japanese investors are starting to see the attractions of private equity, with allocations expected to treble in the next five years, according to a new report.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Gulf Finance House, an Islamic investment bank, has created a separate private equity division, to be headquartered in London, and has recruited Joe McGrane from RBS to head it.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Leading buyout figures in the UK are divided on the implications a Treasury review of the tax treatment of shareholder loans may have. Some are dismissing it as political show-boating while others see a real threat to returns.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Global private equity placement agent Helix continues its US expansion, with the addition of a senior vice president to its New York office.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira head Damon Buffini has spoken out in defence of private equity, as trade union opponents continue their campaign to denigrate the industry.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms are amongst the favourites to buy the education arm of Reed Elsevier, after the publishing company said it was putting the division up for sale.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Jupiter Asset Management, the Commerzbank-owned fund manager that is currently mulling its strategic options, has become the latest buyout target of The Blackstone Group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Shares in the UK estate agency business are up by more than 4 percent as 3i refuses to say whether it will make a fresh bid to top US rival Apollo Management’s knockout 590p-a-share offer.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
CDC Group, the UK government-backed fund of funds, has made a $20 million commitment to Lombard Asia III, an expansion capital fund that will focus on South Asia and Greater China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
