Pacific Equity Partners in Sydney is preparing to organise a A$4 billion Australasian buyout fund – by far the largest such entity ever raised. Philip Borel reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
AIG Global Investment Group hires two into European leveraged loan group
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The publicly traded merchant bank has committed $30m to Stroz Friedberg, which will use the money for employee incentives and to expand its geographic reach.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Chinese regulators appear to be toying with the emotions of private equity firms through a mixture of pronouncements – some interpreted as good, some bad, others virtually impossible to interpret in the first place. On the whole, though, things seem to be moving in the right direction for general partners. Andy Thomson reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The SEC's attempt to update Reg D should include dropping the ‘general solicitation’ ban on fundraisers.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
For many investors, Irish venture capital is a niche industry within European private equity. However, recent developments anticipate a bright future for the market, writes Jo Nash.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
On the south side of the equator and east of the Atlantic lies a country that some private equity heavyweights increasingly consider to be a hidden gem.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Joshua Gotbaum will join the upstart New York-based firm as an operating partner and will also become its chief restructuring officer.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Industri Kapital has made 2.5 times its investment on the sale of Gardena, a gardening tools manufacturer, for €730 million.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Advantage Partners, a Tokyo-based private equity firm raising its fourth fund, has agreed to buy the financial business of Japan’s fallen internet giant Livedoor.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
