This week the billionaire investor helped clear the backlog of LBO-related debt. Amanda Janis examines the actions by the ‘Oracle of Omaha’.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners, the global buyout firm, is consulting investors for its latest fundraising effort while its chairman Michael Smith has reportedly said limited partners as long-term investors are not driven by short-term problems.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Mounir Guen, chief executive of MVision, a global placement agent, joins PEO on day three of its Countdown to 2008.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
ACON Investments, Guggenheim Investment Management and West Coast Energy Partners have provided capital to enable Milagro Exploration to buy back Gulf Coast properties its founders once owned.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In PEO's second installment in its Countdown to 2008, Mario Giannini, chief executive of global investment advisory firm Hamilton Lane, predicts a relatively benign year for the industry despite a "wall of worry".
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Differences remain between European and US investors, according to the latest research. The former also backed the re-emergence of European venture as opposed to their circumspect peers in the US.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The educational publishing house has agreed to sell its college-related arm to the consortium, which will add it on to Cengage, the former Thomson Learning division it acquired in July for $8 billion.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Flowers consortium is offering to pay back more of the UK Bank of England’s loan than the Virgin/WL Ross consortium’s bid preferred by Northern Rock’s board. UK Chancellor Alistair Darling is reportedly encouraging rival bids.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Palamon Capital Partners has carried out its ninth investment for its latest fund as it looks to benefit from the growth of online clothes shopping.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Palamon Capital Partners has carried out its ninth investment for its latest fund as it looks to benefit from the growth of online clothes shopping.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
