The maturation of the private equity market is creating a new class of investors who are faced with a luxury of choices: in-house versus outsourced investment staff; separate accounts vs. funds of funds, set menus versus ‘Chinese menus.’ Be careful what you order. David Snow reports
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Scandinavian buyout firm Altor Equity Partners has made two investments from its debut fund, which closed on E650m earlier in the year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
UK-based Palamon Capital Partners has committed to provide up to E30m to build a national independent financial advisory business in the fragmented UK market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Intermediate Capital Group has closed its Eurocredit CDO III fund on E250m, despite what it described as ‘very tough’ fundraising conditions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Terms in the partnership agreement governing Permira’s E5.1bn Europe III fund reflect private equity investors’ requirements to publicly disclose details of their participation in the asset class.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group and Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman are pioneers of the multi-strategy private equity investment model. When the two met in New York to compare notes on how to run a global alternative investment business, David Snow looked over their shoulders.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Americas 2003-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> <bold>Monitor</bold></strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Secrets worth keeping?</strong><br> <quotation><bold>Regardless of what will eventually be decided by a Californian superior
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Americas 2003-09-01 Staff Writer <strong>Americas<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Collateral damage</strong><br> <quotation><bold>The ideological backlash to Enronitis is threatening to stifle America's entrepreneurial spirit, wit
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Drawing on advice from Capital Dynamics and Morgan Stanley, AIG has placed $250m in triple-A rated bonds backed by private equity fund investments as part of a $1bn securitisation.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Americas 2003-08-01 Staff Writer <strong>Monitor<br> America</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Push the peanut</strong><br> <bold>Sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts are in vogue – and to many investors, a cause for concern. Are private equity firms buying fr
10 min read · 12 January 2013
