Testifying yesterday before the US Senate Finance Committee, Timothy Callahan warned lawmakers not to impose new taxes on private equity real estate fund managers.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
MBK bids S$360m for pharmaceutical company * KKR signs second Indian deal * Baring Asia takes stake in medical deal * TPG, Sumitomo go hostile with semiconductor bid * Morgan chosen as top Daewoo bidder * Carlyle spends $136m on senior housing in Japan * Chinese advertising firm in record $83m financing round
5 min read · 12 January 2013
2007 brought the buyout of iconic car brand Aston Martin – the first UK leveraged buyout tailored to Shariah principles.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The JS Group, a Pakistan investment firm that recently closed its debut private equity fund, says its prospects are strong despite the country's political difficulties. Rob Kotecki reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
A South Korean court has found the head of Lone Star's Seoul office guilty of stock manipulation, further delaying the firm's exit from its KEB investment.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity investors investing in infrastructure need to manage their public image carefully.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
<italic> Nicholas Lockley , editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the recent headlines on the web.</italic> 2008-03-01 Staff Writer One of the pleasures of covering an asset class in depth comes from watching it evolve over time. Mostly this is an incremental process of small changes in
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Turnaround firms are eyeing up changing economic conditions with high hopes of a boom for the type of deals they relish, Toby Lewis finds.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
As an economic downturn threatens, limited partners are not abandoning the mid-market. They are, however, scrutinising fundraisers for evidence of differentiation. Tim Chapman reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Those anticipating a Turkish buyout market of substance will have taken encouragement from the BC Partners-led acquisition of Migros in February, says Toby Lewis.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
