The US bank and the global buyout firm have held talks about the possibility of strengthening co-investment ties, after Merrill Lynch sounded out TPG last year on the possibility of receiving a capital injection from the buyout firm.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
General partners must patiently wait for deal flow to thaw, writes Nicholas Lockley.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
European non-listed real estate funds `struggled` to invest equity in 2007, with opportunity funds hit hardest.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Nordic specialist energy private equity firm has bought a start-up oil and gas exploration and development company sealing another investment in the frenetic sector.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The success of TDC, the Danish telecoms company backed by a buyout consortium, in deleveraging by buying its own debt at a discount, has tempted other firms to follow suit.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Forward-looking fund managers are preparing their portfolio companies for life in a deteriorating economic and financial climate, delegates at PEI’s Asia Forum in Hong Kong learned.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
After a tough year in 2007 providers of the hybrid form of debt are likely to capitalise fully on the disappearance of competition to finance leveraged buyouts.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity veterans and blank cheque executives lauded the merits of special purpose acquisition companies at a conference today in New York, but warned the challenge is finding the right deal within a set time frame.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Russell Read looks to become an environmental rainmaker after a two-year stint at the $244bn US pension.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Eastern and Central European countries with programs encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
