Following the Asian crisis, non-performing loan investment helped establish private equity in Asia. Motoya Kitamura of Alternative Investment Capital tells the story so far and looks at the future of Asian distress.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Sanjiv Kapur, the former head of Asian private equity at Henderson Private Capital, is returning to the industry with a new mission in Singapore.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Despite being targeted at stock markets with apparently voracious investor appetite, some recent European private equity-backed new issues have been forced into sharply lowering their price expectations. Andy Thomson looks at what's sparking investor resistance.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
How do you steer an LP super tanker through the sometimes choppy waters of global private equity? In October,Wim Borgdorff, head of fund investment at AlpInvest Partners, spoke to Philip Borel about the challenges facing Europe's largest limited partner.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has signed a pre-let with Zurich Italia in what has been billed as the most important leasing transaction in Italy in the last five years.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The fourth deal of the year for the Italian mid-market firm takes them closer to launching fundraising as its current fund is 80 percent committed.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The European affiliate of buyout and mezzanine firm American Capital Strategies has increased its revolving credit facility to €900m, giving the company approximately €1.65bn in firepower.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A multitude of government institutions and formally established family offices make the Gulf Region a rich source of capital for the world's leading GPs. The most significant local player is ADIA, the giant investment authority in Abu Dhabi.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Taking full advantage of ultra-liquid debt markets, buyout funds are handing big sums of cash back to investors. As holding periods shorten, are limited partners in danger of getting too comfortable with private equity's new short-termism, asks Philip Borel.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Electra Private Equity, the recently renamed UK investment trust, is hoping to gorge on new deals after seven years of profitable abstinence.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
