After the tech bubble burst in 2000, VC funds shrank dramatically – and so did their management companies. Both venture and buyout firms may now have to take a page out of that textbook as fundraising slows to a crawl. By Jennifer Harris
6 min read · 12 January 2013
With banks reining in their lending, and the financial crisis seeping through to high streets around the world, where can consumers turn if they want to take out a small loan? One German company is offering peer-to-peer loans, writes Toby Mitchenall
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Credit woes finally strike Asia, as a handful of big-ticket private equity deals are scrapped
5 min read · 12 January 2013
How a KKR and TPG consortium lost a bidding war withWarren Buffett for a US utility – despite offering $1.5bn more
6 min read · 12 January 2013
PEI recently caught up with Virginie Morgon, co-head of the investment team at Paris-listed private equity firm Eurazeo, and finds her anticipating deal flow from forced divestments over the next 18 months
3 min read · 12 January 2013
NORTH AMERICA NEWS CONTINUED<br/>FUNDS AND BUYSIDE 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Paladin Capital Group has closed its third <bold>homeland-security</bold> fund on $340 million. The Washington DC firm is led by former CIA head James Woolsey, as well as a former director of the US National Security
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Even ‘pristine’ LPs are taking a hard look at their commitment levels and scrambling for cash
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Jürgen Borchers and Lars Körner of Cologne-based funds of funds manager CAM Private Equity explain the benefits of a private equity-focussed risk management model
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The Iberian private equity market was fast establishing itself as a part of the European mainstream when the clouds of the credit crunch started to gather. Toby Mitchenall reports on whether it has the strength which might see it through
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Some of Eastern Europe's richest tycoons have been badly hit by market turmoil. Private equity may have a role in picking up the pieces
3 min read · 12 January 2013
