Half-year results of the publicly quoted Standard Life European Private Equity Trust reveal an improvement of net asset value over the six months to 31 March.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Swiss private equity group has sold a large enough part of its portfolio to CSFB Private Equity to enable it to repay a SFr325m loan to Swiss Life.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Drawing on advice from Capital Dynamics and Morgan Stanley, AIG has placed $250m in triple-A rated bonds backed by private equity fund investments as part of a $1bn securitisation.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
As crisis talks with Swiss Life continue over the firm’s future, the Swiss private equity firm has sold its interest in a US venture partnership via the secondaries market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Björn Savén is the chairman and CEO of Industri Kapital, one of the firms that pioneered big buyouts in Europe. Now raising its fifth fund, the firm is having to get used to the scrutiny that the new mood amongst private equity investors has instilled in the market. Philip Borel talked to Savén about investing, investments and investors in this environment.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Americas 2003-08-01 Staff Writer <strong>Monitor<br> America</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Push the peanut</strong><br> <bold>Sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts are in vogue – and to many investors, a cause for concern. Are private equity firms buying fr
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe 2003-08-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Viennese Whirl</strong><br> <bold>At EVCA's 20th anniversary annual meeting in June, a panel of leading private equity practitioners took a view on what lies
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The Swiss insurance group has sacked the CEO and COO of its private equity unit as part of plans to withdraw from the asset class after branding it a non-core operation.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private Equity Holding has secured its immediate future after Swiss Life agreed to extend a SFr325m credit facility beyond the 10 March expiry date.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
At this point in the cycle, the ambitions and anxieties of investors have a strong bearing on the mood in the asset class. So which buyside representatives are setting the tone on fundraising, terms and conditions and alignment of interest with general partners? Private Equity International selects the limited partners that matter in Europe.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
