A letter sent to Apollo limited partners explains the fund’s IRR will drop only minimally if an investment in the now-bankrupt housewares giant is marked down to zero.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A letter sent to Apollo limited partners explains the fund’s IRR will drop only minimally if an investment in the now-bankrupt housewares giant is marked down to zero.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Veronica John, president of IDFC Global Alternatives in Singapore and a long-standing investor in emerging and frontier markets, offers her take on the opportunities that exist for the private equity industry in Pakistan today.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
NEA expands in India * Norwest Ventures hires Motorola man * Partners Group opens in Australia * Liang joins Peacock Equity Fund * Squadron adds three * Wallace back to banking * Ex-Coca Cola man to lead $1bn India infrastructure effort * Mobius considers Iraq investments * Blackstone appoints adviser in Turkey * CDC posts record results as CEO urges caution
6 min read · 12 January 2013
DIC looks to the east * Darby invests in Coffee Day * Propel books 2.5x cash from exit * HSBC to acquire apparel maker * Goldman, Whitesun team up again * Henderson backs agrochemical company * Q1 investments hit $3.3bn in India * Aureos backs Chinese wind energy firm * 2.3x cash from Indonesian mining deal * IDFC backs carbon credit advisory firm
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Florida-headquartered Sun Capital continues to expand in Asia and beyond as its assets near $10 billion.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The new wave of alternative investment in developing economies is fundamentally different than past expansions, Harvard professor Josh Lerner told attendees at the recent 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York, co-hosted by Private Equity International and EMPEA.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A leading name in French private equity has hired an AXA veteran to set down roots in Singapore.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A Senate inquiry will explore the merits or otherwise of private equity.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Asset-based lenders want financing-hungry GPs to give this traditional form of lending a second look. By Matt Levin.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
