Private equity legend Ted Forstmann is returning to active investment, after winding down his own firm in 2004. He is raising a $250 million media and entertainment fund with Chris Albrecht, formerly the head of HBO.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Darwin Private Equity has held a second close of its debut fund just three months after launching with the backing of City grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild and his RIT Capital Partners trust.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
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
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
When corporate restructuring affects the security of a defined benefit pension scheme, trustees will insist they are invited to the negotiating table. Myles Pink looks at the ways in which corporate activity has been affected by changes to pensions legislation, the influence of scheme trustees in the negotiating process and what options are available for private equity acquirers.
6 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
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
