Central and eastern European buyout firm Mid Europa Partners closed the largest-ever fund in the region on €1.53 billion, 40 percent oversubscribed.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
CDC, the UK government-backed emerging markets fund of funds, has nearly quadrupled its allocations to microfinance – the provision of small loans to entrepreneurs in developing nations.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
US bank Citi is considering backing a leveraged loan debt vehicle set up by US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to take advantage of the $300 billion leveraged loan backlog.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity vehicles and sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East are making headlines – and worrying politicians – with high-profile direct investments in Western markets, writes Rob Kotecki.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US private equity mid-market – made up of hundreds of firms but controlling only half the capital in the market – has been somewhat insulated from the turmoil of the megafund deal market. While it faces an altered landscape, the mid-market's challenges are being offset by greater interest from foreign strategic buyers as well as returns-minded LPs. David Snow reports.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
European venture capital has had a bad press which, on the basis of its long-term performance, appears largely justified. Andy Thomson canvasses LPs for their current views of the space.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Just weeks after raising South America's first billion-dollar fund, GP Investimentos signed the region's largest-ever buyout agreement.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Superwoman Nicola Horlick tells the industry that its public relations skills leave a lot to be desired.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Swedish buyout firm Litorina Kapital, led by Harold Kaiser, has held the final close of its latest fund two times oversubscribed despite losing cornerstone investor Swedbank.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US alternative assets group has sold a further 7.5 percent stake in itself to a strategic investor, valuing David Rubenstein's firm at $20 billion. It sold 5.5 percent to CalPERS in 2000.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
