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
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
Michael Spies and his growing roster of senior investment professionals are carefully expanding Tishman Speyer's already significant footprint in Europe. Spies and company recently shared with PERE their team-oriented approach to investing in Europe's biggest cities. By Robin Marriott
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The specter of time is haunting private equity real estate, as every stage of the investment process is now likely to take longer than before.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
In recent days, the investment bank has announced three successive strategic investments alterative investment platforms, including a hedge fund, fund of hedge funds and a distressed investment firm, in an ongoing bid to bolster its alternative investment business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GP Investimentos, Gaves Investimentos, Pactual and Advent International are four firms to watch as private equity deals in Brazil grow in size. David Snow profiles the biggest players in Latin America's biggest market.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Brazilian private equity professionals are trumpeting a major improvement in the country's private equity opportunity. If LPs could get other the politics and see beyond China and India, say Brazilian GPs, they'd be impressed with Brazil's vast economy, sophisticated capital markets and few competing financial investors, David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Texas Pacific Group and co-investors are manoeuvring carefully to avoid the grounding of their Qantas bid
7 min read · 12 January 2013
