Travant Capital Partners has reached its first close within 10 months, raising hopes for the development of a domestic African private equity industry
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Global private energy specialist First Reserve has broadened its investment scope with a $300m investment in barley-based ethanol production.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The Blackstone Group hasn't lost faith in its investment in Deutsche Telekom – yet.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
3i, the London-listed private equity giant, is trading at a discount to net asset value but has grand plans to nearly double its assets under management by the end of 2010.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms are queuing up to relieve the banks of their LBO exposure. Ironic? Typical more like.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
PEAK PERFORMANCE 2008-06-01 Staff Writer ‘Long-term performance is what matters in private equity‘. This oft-recited statement is a truism in the sense that clearly what happens over a ten-year period is of more significance than, let's say, a mere 12 months. Keeping the thought firmly at the front of one's
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Reasons to be fearful
2 min read · 12 January 2013
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has reaped a 3.9 percent gain in net asset value almost exclusively from secondary interests in its private parent company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has seen 185 percent gain in net asset value over the past five years and a 10 percent gain over the last six months.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
One of Japan’s first institutional investors to embrace private equity will reportedly augment its investment in private equity and hedge funds by some $500m.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
