Debt has never been cheaper, but it may have finally bottomed out.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A new $2.5m wealth threshold for investment in private equity and hedge funds would dramatically reduce the number of US investors considered accredited.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A reapplication by Korean supreme Prosecutor’s Office to detain and arrest three senior executives of Lone Star including co-founder Ellis Short has been turned down by the courts again on 7 November.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has outlined the possible threats to financial stability posed by private equity.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In recent days, the investment bank has announced three successive strategic investments alterative investment platforms, including a hedge fund, fund of hedge funds and a distressed investment firm, in an ongoing bid to bolster its alternative investment business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Warburg Pincus has bought easycash, a German point of sale network service provider, from First Data International for an undisclosed sum.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The New York private equity firm has teamed with Los Angeles hedge fund Canyon Capital to acquire Logan’s Roadhouse for $486m.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm has sold its stake in a UK healthfood supplier, making six times its investment.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GP Investimentos, Gaves Investimentos, Pactual and Advent International are four firms to watch as private equity deals in Brazil grow in size. David Snow profiles the biggest players in Latin America's biggest market.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Brazilian private equity professionals are trumpeting a major improvement in the country's private equity opportunity. If LPs could get other the politics and see beyond China and India, say Brazilian GPs, they'd be impressed with Brazil's vast economy, sophisticated capital markets and few competing financial investors, David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
