Palamon Capital Partners, the pan-European investor focused on the services sector, has completed its second major deal in Scandinavia with an investment in Stockholm-based start-up Nordax Finans.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
What is my portfolio worth? Valuation guidelines remain a big topic for every LP and GP active in the asset class. As private equity investments by both venture capital and buyout funds grow increasingly complex and spread across borders, the necessary uniformity in valuation practices is becoming more of a reality, say Colin Blaydon and Fred Wainwright of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The return of strategic buyers in the US is giving a long-awaited boost to exit opportunities for private equity firms. Conditions for exiting appear particularly compelling for smaller portfolio companies.William Kan, CFA and Georgiana Fung, strategists with Merrill Lynch Small Cap Research, dissect the changes that newly acquisitive corporations have brought to the US private equity landscape
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Onex Partners, the $1bn-plus private equity fund controlled by Canadian conglomerate Onex Corporation, has completed its first investment, taking a 24 percent stake in US healthcare group Magellan in a $100m deal.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The maturation of the private equity market is creating a new class of investors who are faced with a luxury of choices: in-house versus outsourced investment staff; separate accounts vs. funds of funds, set menus versus ‘Chinese menus.’ Be careful what you order. David Snow reports
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Scandinavian buyout firm Altor Equity Partners has made two investments from its debut fund, which closed on E650m earlier in the year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The French unit of Italian private equity firm 21 Investimenti is close to announcing a final close of its second expansion capital fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
When PEI sat down with five seasoned leveraged finance professionals in London recently, it became clear that although business is good, they were keen to tread carefully in today's market. There also seemed to be a growing sense that the dynamic between sponsor and finance provider has changed – to the sponsors' advantage. We talked to them about the issues behind this shift and heard why getting it right matters all the more today.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
UK pension funds are big, numerous and most are looking for the kind of superior returns that can be delivered by alternative asset classes such as private equity. Shouldn't there be more of them investing greater percentages of their capital in such alternatives therefore? Philip Borel looks at the reasons why this hasn't been happening and asks: are the fund trustees to blame?
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Americas 2004-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Woman of action</strong><br> <bold>The outspoken and combative treasurer of Connecticut, Denise Nappier, has been at the center of a flurry of legal action
10 min read · 12 January 2013
