Private equity real estate firms around the globe last year set a new record on the fundraising trail, according to proprietary statistics from PERE magazine.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms around the globe last year set a new record on the fundraising trail, according to proprietary statistics from PERE magazine.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Linklaters’ banking partners Annette Kurdian and Nick Syson outline the shift to tighter deal terms and structure which began amid last summer’s liquidity crisis and shows little sign of abating.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Linklaters’ banking partners Annette Kurdian and Nick Syson outline the shift to tighter deal terms and structure which began amid last summer’s liquidity crisis and shows little sign of abating.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In Asia, the credit crunch has had limited impact on debt markets so far. Buyout pros and leveraged finance specialists in Hong Kong and Singapore are nevertheless bracing for tricky times. By Patricia Lee.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Obstacles still remain, but Europe's private equity markets are becoming more integrated. Peter Cornelius and Karlijn Juttmann of AlpInvest Partners look at the implications.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
After several record-breaking years for the new kings of capitalism, life suddenly seems less than straightforward. Andy Thomson looks at some of the likely twists and turns in store for private equity in 2008.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Hamilton ‘Tony’ James is the day-to-day leader of what has now become one of Wall Street's most powerful and admired firms – Blackstone. His tenure as president and COO of Stephen Schwarzman's creation is not the first time he has dramatically upsized a private equity operation. As head of DLJ Merchant Banking, James presided over one of the dominant private equity business of the 1990s with loyal personnel across the US, Europe and Asia. He is now duplicating that success at Blackstone, but on a much larger scale. James met recently with David Snow for a conversation about where Blackstone is today and where he intends to steer it in the coming years.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
If European venture is a hard sell, Italian venture is even tougher. But that didn't stop two former executives of large private equity groups from plunging into the space with a debut fund.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
New York-based Shermen Capital Partners recently launched a SPAC to capitalise on what it maintains is an untapped market: the $271bn US agriculture industry.
6 min read · 12 January 2013