Popularized by a former MTV personality, the latest Internet media trend is gaining listeners among Silicon Valley's most respected venture capitalists.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Armed with a debut fund, Christopher Flowers, a major force behind the Shinsei success, is making a splash in Europe's financial services sector.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
A recent UK deal shows that companies with huge pension deficits need not be left on the shelf.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
HEDGE FUNDS IN THE CLASSROOM 2005-09-02 Staff Writer Anyone tempted to think that top financiers are too focused on making money to take note of the world's social ills, should consider the charitable efforts of Arpad “Arki” Busson, the French hedge fund guru. Busson has made money – and plenty of it. Estima
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Distressed players with real estate experience are looking to REITS as a new way to raise capital.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Real estate secondary specialist Liquid Realtyhas recently added two new professionals to its expanding roster.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Dutch real estate firm Westplan Investors has raised a $24 million fund focused on the Southeastern US.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The Washington DC-based private equity firm has finally wrested majority control of French portfolio company Otor from its founding management team after a protracted legal struggle.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In a further sign that corporate buyers are back, Sage has acquired a Spanish software company from three private equity firms for €82m.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TowerBrook Capital Partners, the private equity firm formerly known as Soros Private Equity, has completed its first deal since being spun out of the Soros empire in April.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
