Southeast Asia-focused Kendall Court has plans to expand its assets under management and its network of offices, bringing its growth capital-style of mezzanine financing to more of the region’s up-and-coming companies. Managing partner Chris Chia tells Hsiang-Ching Tseng why the 7-year-old firm believes strongly in a niche that has yet to really take root in Asia
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Secondary platforms are helping smaller investors to engage with this burgeoning market. However, some GPs are concerned about the potential risks.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based firm’s second and third funds have underperformed LPs’ expectations, and some large investments in its most recent fund have struggled. But the firm has some unrealized investments that may yet be game changers
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The secondaries market has come a long way in a relatively short space of time. Since a handful of pioneers carved out this specialist niche back in the early 1990s, the industry has grown to such an extent that the merry band of early prospectors now looks more like a gold rush.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The best way to deal with constant regulatory change is to embed a compliance culture throughout the organisation – and the impetus has to come from the top, writes Peter Moore of The IMS Group.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
High-yield issuance in the US and Europe surged to record levels during the first half of 2011, but the recent market volatility has ensured an uncertain outlook for the rest of the year
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Buying or selling a secondary stake isn’t always straightforward. Robert Carlson and Stanley Liu explore some of the potential issues for all the parties involved.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Chicago-based GTCR has one of the most prolific heritages in all of private equity, dating back to the 1980s. As the firm begins to deploy its tenth and largest fund, chairman Bruce Rauner is in the process of handing over leadership to the next generation of principals. Graham Winfrey meets Phil Canfield and Collin Roche, two of the three heirs to the throne.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Does the sovereign debt crisis represent a clear and present danger to the future of European private equity? Or is it creating the most promising market conditions in 20 years? It depends who you ask, writes James Taylor
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Daniel Sherman is leaving DLA Piper to join Greenberg Traurig’s Atlanta office, where he will focus on public-private partnerships and infrastructure deals.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
