The San Francisco- and Hong Kong-based firm has closed its second fund $100m higher than its initial target, but slightly shy of the $1bn close anticipated. The fund will focus on fund investments in China, Japan, Korea and India.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As a result of the financial crisis, investors may focus even more closely on the quality of GP reporting. And that's good news for private equity administration specialists in Asia, Andy Thomson discovers.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The repercussions of the financial turmoil will be profound, say Roberto Paganoni and Ivan Vercoutere of Swiss private equity and hedge fund manager LGT Capital Partners. But does this mean some sort of doomsday reckoning for private equity? Far from it, they insist: the asset class may even emerge from a testing period with its reputation enhanced. By Andy Thomson
10 min read · 12 January 2013
After the tech bubble burst in 2000, VC funds shrank dramatically – and so did their management companies. Both venture and buyout firms may now have to take a page out of that textbook as fundraising slows to a crawl. By Jennifer Harris
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Credit woes finally strike Asia, as a handful of big-ticket private equity deals are scrapped
5 min read · 12 January 2013
NORTH AMERICA NEWS CONTINUED<br/>FUNDS AND BUYSIDE 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Paladin Capital Group has closed its third <bold>homeland-security</bold> fund on $340 million. The Washington DC firm is led by former CIA head James Woolsey, as well as a former director of the US National Security
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Even ‘pristine’ LPs are taking a hard look at their commitment levels and scrambling for cash
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Jürgen Borchers and Lars Körner of Cologne-based funds of funds manager CAM Private Equity explain the benefits of a private equity-focussed risk management model
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The Iberian private equity market was fast establishing itself as a part of the European mainstream when the clouds of the credit crunch started to gather. Toby Mitchenall reports on whether it has the strength which might see it through
7 min read · 12 January 2013
The financial storm of the past two months has shaken the global financial system to its core. Matt Levin met three leading private equity financial services investors to ask what it will mean for the industry
10 min read · 12 January 2013
