The spin-out from 3i is profiting from investor appetite for mid-market deals as the credit crunch hits large buyouts.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm’s Skr2 billion recapitalisation of Dacke, two years after the buyout firm acquired the company, is an exception in liquidity-starved credit markets.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Connecticut-based Drum Capital, led by Scott Vollmer, will commit capital to distressed debt, turnaround and restructuring funds.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Connecticut-based Drum Capital, led by Scott Vollmer, will commit capital to distressed debt, turnaround and restructuring funds.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Asia Alternatives goes large * China sovereign fund dampens foreign fears * Dubai's HBG nears $200m target * Ex-Temasek executives fundraising for China * First close for Sharia vehicle on $200m * Aureos backed by Kazakhstan FoF
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Guido Gamucci is chairman of Permira's operation in Asia. Previously responsible for the firm's Milan office, he relocated to Japan in 2005 and is poised to move to Hong Kong when the UK buyout group opens its second office in the region next year. In October, Permira made headlines for doing not just one, but two large deals in Asia. First came an $838 million investment for a 20 percent stake in Galaxy Entertainment, a Macau-based casino operator; then followed a $2.2 billion secondary deal to acquire Arysta Lifescience, a Japanese agrochemical company, from Olympus Capital. For Permira, it was the first investment in Japan since its arrival two years ago.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The success of the Brazilian IPO market presents private equity managers with more options and higher returns. By Jennifer Harris.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Russia's emerging private equity market is growing up. Leverage levels are rising as deals become more mainstream and international interest grows. But investing in Russia is still a challenge for non-locals. Nicholas Lockley reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
