The sale of Misys is taking longer than some investors would like.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Electra Private Equity, the recently renamed UK investment trust, is hoping to gorge on new deals after seven years of profitable abstinence.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
As Tower Records chain files for bankruptcy protection, the music business continues to change. By Aaron Lovell.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firm American Capital has agreed to provide $21m to bankrupt New York art gallery Berry-Hill, a loan secured by the gallery’s art inventory and real-estate assets.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
As institutional investors expand their definition of real estate to include infrastructure and other alternatives, wind farms are drawing their attention. And their dollars.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Charterhouse is set to return £500 million to shareholders with a refinancing carried out by Merrill Lynch less than two years after acquiring the over-50s insurance and leisure group.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Shinhan Financial Group of Korea has narrowly beaten Hana Bank and MBK Partners to a $7 billion acquisition of Korea’s LG Card Co.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity manager, is competing with Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and KKR for Taiwan’s top cable TV operator in a transaction estimated to fetch about $1.4 billion.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The level of debt being placed on private equity-backed companies through recapitalisations could undermine their credit ratings, says a new report.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In one of two private equity investments in a professional services firm announced today, the San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman will take a majority interest of AlixPartners along with the firm’s management.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
