Falling return expectations could limit the number of attempted public-to-private deals in 2007, according to a new report.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A Korean court has slapped Warburg Pincus with a fine in addition to sentencing Hwang Sung-jin, the US private equity firm’s local chief to four years in prison for insider trading.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The secondaries venture fund manager is acquiring a portfolio of four venture investments from 3i for an undisclosed sum in its first portfolio deal.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Church of Scientology, which counts actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its adherents, owns more than 1 million square feet of property in LA. Recently, it won an award for its adaptive reuse projects.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
David Goret becomes senior managing director at the New Jersey-based alternative asset manager.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
In the week it emerged that UK retailer Sainsbury’s is the latest high-profile public company being targeted by private equity, new research shows that a record number of take-private deals were the biggest single source of the industry’s growth in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As lenders continued to supply debt to the industry at increasingly favourable terms, private equity firms were able to cash in last year by taking big cash dividends from refinancing, writes James Taylor.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Tim Callahan, the former CEO of both Equity Office and Trizec, has formed a private real estate firm focused on the US office market.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
How Xenu saved Hollywood 2007-03-01 Staff Writer After years of buying up and restoring semi-decrepit buildings in the Hollywood area, the Church of Scientology was recently given a real estate award by the <italic>Los Angeles Business Journal</italic>. The theme of the magazine's property awards
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle invests in Indian outsourcing company * SIDBI, Clearstone finance Indian start-up * Merrill Lynch, PEP approach Australian credit company * Catalyst buys stake in catalogue firm * Bain Capital enters China real estate * Orchid Asia lists portfolio company * Private equity circles JVC * Vogo advances toward third deal * PMP ends talks with private equity * PEP's $1.3bn take-private grounded * Coles up for grabs
6 min read · 12 January 2013
