Private equity firms are undergoing some radical mutations as they flee early stage ventures: but have they got the timing right?
3 min read · 12 January 2013
When the going gets tough, discussions between senior debt and mezzanine providers in a capital structure can get heated. Does a new approach to inter-creditor agreements in Europe make sense asks Stephen Mostyn-Williams
6 min read · 12 January 2013
JLL Partners sees two huge successes, and one carbohydrated disaster, in the course of a single month
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Paul Liska joins the New York private investment firm as it expands its activities into the consumer products and financial services sectors.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Palamon Capital Partners, the pan-European investor focused on the services sector, has completed its second major deal in Scandinavia with an investment in Stockholm-based start-up Nordax Finans.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe's mezzanine market is flush with capital, and more investors are looking to gain access. Philip Borel finds out what market practitioners make of it all
6 min read · 12 January 2013
What is my portfolio worth? Valuation guidelines remain a big topic for every LP and GP active in the asset class. As private equity investments by both venture capital and buyout funds grow increasingly complex and spread across borders, the necessary uniformity in valuation practices is becoming more of a reality, say Colin Blaydon and Fred Wainwright of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The return of strategic buyers in the US is giving a long-awaited boost to exit opportunities for private equity firms. Conditions for exiting appear particularly compelling for smaller portfolio companies.William Kan, CFA and Georgiana Fung, strategists with Merrill Lynch Small Cap Research, dissect the changes that newly acquisitive corporations have brought to the US private equity landscape
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The two firms are equally partnering with company management to acquire technology services company BBNT Solutions, the creator of the first network e-mail, from Verizon.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Chicago-based private equity firm has agreed to sell Aurum Technology to Fidelity National Financial, a national provider of products and outsourced services to financial institutions and the real estate industry.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
