Paul Deighton (pictured), chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Goldman Sachs executive, has been charged by David Cameron with getting the private sector to fund the government’s infrastructure plans.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Huron Capital’s 6x return from tobacco testing company Labstat shows that new regulation can sometimes actually boost the bottom line, writes Graham Winfrey
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Many secondaries specialists are reluctant to use leverage to boost returns – but AXA Private Equity, perhaps the most active firm in the current market, has no such qualms. Sam Sutton finds out why
5 min read · 14 January 2013
What should senior lenders expect in distressed TIFIA-financed projects? Timothy Walsh and Erich Eisenegger of McDermott Will & Emery investigate.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
ConnectEast was the kind of deal CP2 wants to repeat – identify a quality core infrastructure asset and bring large institutional investors to the table. Managing director Syd Bone talks to Andy Thomson about the firm’s model.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Despite a rash of negative ads regarding his time at Bain, Mitt Romney referred with pride to his record at the private equity firm while accepting the Republican nomination for US president.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting public comment after backing the rule that will allow GPs to market their funds freely.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting public comment after backing the rule that will allow GPs to market their funds freely.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is soliciting public comment after backing the rule that will allow GPs to market their funds freely.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Samena Capital’s second special situations Asia fund is targeting $700m and so far has $400m in commitments. In the wake of its first close, vice president Ayaz Motiwala spoke to PE Asia about Samena’s hybrid private equity-PIPE strategy and the special situation opportunities it sees in the region.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
