Stub equity may help push through the Clear Channel Communications take-private bid. Toby Lewis examines the pros and cons.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Just weeks after raising South America's first billion-dollar fund, GP Investimentos signed the region's largest-ever buyout agreement.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Superwoman Nicola Horlick tells the industry that its public relations skills leave a lot to be desired.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The refinancing boom may be over, but deals in Eastern Europe can still get done even now.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Germany's association of alternative investors is unimpressed with the government's effort to reform private equity legislation.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Two recent exits further Noson Lawen's point that small is beautiful.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Silver Lake’s and ValueAct Partners’ $3 billion buyout of data company Acxiom is the latest in a series of deals to fall apart in the wake of the credit crunch.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Bessemer Venture Partners will go ‘carbon neutral’ by the end of the year, a step few private equity or venture capital firms appear poised to take.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A survey of large buyouts in the US and Europe supports the private equity industry's claims of portfolio company out-performance.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A JC Flowers-led consortium has said it will likely drop its $25 billion bid for Sallie Mae, but is willing to renogotiate the deal, taking into consideration a changed economic and legislative environment.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
