The UK is one of the world’s most established private equity markets, long a magnet for talent and capital. But given its stuttering domestic economy, thanks in no small part to the troubles of the neighbouring eurozone, are there still opportunities for private equity to make great returns? We gathered three of the UK industry’s leading lights in London in January to ask them about the outlook for 2013
10 min read · 15 February 2013
Quiet sale-leaseback market ‘re-opens’ as two deals arrive in quick succession. February 2013 issue.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
The bid to end the general solicitation ban continues to drag on, as the fate of a rule eliminating the prohibition hangs in limbo following a shakeup in leadership at the SEC. PERE Magazine, February 2013
3 min read · 15 February 2013
Regulators gave the private equity and real estate fund industry something to worry about in 2012. More of the same is expected in 2013 and beyond. PERE Magazine, February 2013 issue.
7 min read · 15 February 2013
The appointment of Robert ‘Bo’ Ramsey to replace Bob Clone as chief of private equity at Indiana Public Retirement System raises yet more questions about what’s going on with its private equity programme – questions that the pension fund seems disappointingly reluctant to answer
4 min read · 15 February 2013
Vietnam’s macroeconomic woes have so far discouraged private equity investment, but renewed activity suggests firms are reassessing the opportunity. By Clare Burrows
3 min read · 15 February 2013
A rush to invest remaining CLO capital and improved leveraged loan markets will aid buyout activity in the first half of 2012, predicts debt advisory group Marlborough Partners in its latest report.
2 min read · 01 February 2013
Recent examinations of private equity firms are helping regulators understand the complex world of private equity, according to speakers at PEI’s CFOs and COOs Forum 2013 in New York.
4 min read · 15 February 2013
LambdaStar Infrastructure Partners is no longer. The fund company was best-known for its would-be deal to take over public parking in Harrisburg.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
US private equity firm TPG Capital and Ivanhoé Cambridge, one of the 10 largest real estate companies in the world, have taken ownership of Woolgate Exchange, for £265 million. Ivanhoé also revealed it is planning to open a London office of its own.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
