Private Equity

Buyout

Warburg Pincus’s Joseph Landy to step down

The co-CEO has led the firm alongside Charles Kaye since 2000, growing its assets more than fourfold while remaining a pure-play private equity player.

2 min read · 16 July 2019

LBO funds march towards 'sub-optimal' asset exposure

Dividend recaps and a favourable exit environment are causing LBO funds to deliver liquidity earlier, according to eFront data.

1 min read · 22 October 2018

Navigating the Bermuda Triangle of auctions

The auction process is not as chaotic as it may at first seem – nor are strategics always the most persistent buyers, says Houlihan Lokey's Justin Abelow.

4 min read · 21 August 2018

How Carlyle's $18.5bn raise compares with its peers

Fund VII is 42% larger than Carlyle's previous flagship, a $13bn 2013-vintage.

1 min read · 30 July 2018

LBO returns: How the markets compare

The UK and France delivered higher returns for the level of risk taken by investors, while the US underperformed, according to a report from eFront.

1 min read · 30 May 2018

China in seven trends

China’s private equity market is maturing to a more consumption-driven model, with sector-specific funds growing in popularity, market participants say.

5 min read · 13 May 2018

Bain & Co: 2017 was the year of China mega-buyouts

Transaction value picked up last year with $73bn worth of private equity-backed investments led by mega-deals.

2 min read · 09 May 2018

Which US pension funds have the best PE track record?

Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System’s buyout portfolio generated the best performance among US public pensions since vintage 2004, according to a study by HEC Paris.

2 min read · 02 May 2018

Retail apocalypse: why the model needs to change

Retail blowouts are hitting the headlines, but many of the problems date from before the global financial crisis.

7 min read · 25 April 2018

PE spends big in CEE

CEE buyout values totalled €6.3bn across 43 deals last year, up from just €1.1bn of spending across 74 deals in 2016.

1 min read · 23 April 2018

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