Noble Fund Managers has held the first close of its venture debt fund.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK's second largest pension fund the Universities Superannuation Scheme is demonstrating its appetite for alternatives with the appointment of two private equity specialists to lead its co-investment programme alongside its fund investments.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR’s negotiations with underwriters of the First Data deal — the second such mega deal for which banks have had difficulty syndicating the debt — will be a harbinger of things to come, says Dechert attorney Scott Zimmerman.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Welcome back to a bigger, bolder PrivateEquityOnline.com. Your favourite news website has re-vamped its design and added new features to stay ahead of the game, writes editor Nicholas Lockley.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A leading fund manager said today that the shock waves emanating from the subprime mortgage crisis in the US could stifle investment activity in the European commercial real estate market.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The European mid-market firm Bridgepoint is beginning discussions with investors for its fourth fund, targeting a 45 percent increase on its 2005 fund Bridgepoint Europe III.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Dedicated secondary buyers are flat out, with billion dollar portfolio disposals being arranged by leading LPs such as CalPERS. At the same time, buyers are beginning to seriously contemplate what an end to the private equity boom might mean for them. Philip Borel reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners managed to make a 3.4 times return from its stake in a rubber company with operations in the Ivory Coast, despite the country being wracked by civil war.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
A new Softbank affiliate is making its mark across Asia.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Operational heavyweight Bruno Deschamps swaps Clayton, Dubilier for 3i.
4 min read · 12 January 2013