Aureos Capital has become the first recipient of capital from a $1.5 billion fund backed by the Kazakhstan government as it attempts to stimulate private equity activity in the region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
SGAM Alternative Investments has expanded its Central and Eastern European buyout team as the firm looks to increase its use of leverage in the region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In the latest example of a private equity firm acquiring a Canadian income trust following a change to Canada's tax policy, Sentinel will pay $57 million to reacquire yarn company Spinrite.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In the latest example of a private equity firm acquiring a Canadian income trust following a change to Canada's tax policy, Sentinel will pay $57 million to reacquire yarn company Spinrite.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In the latest example of a private equity firm acquiring a Canadian income trust following a change to Canada's tax policy, Sentinel will pay $57 million to reacquire yarn company Spinrite.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Terra Firma founder and former banker Guy Hands has said bankers are “whimpering dogs”, who will need to be enticed from their baskets after the credit crunch.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
French investment firm Eurazeo’s consolidated revenues rose across the board with buyouts contributing 97.1 percent. The firm recently rejigged its financing package for its €2.3 billion Elis bid in response to the credit crunch.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
New York Life Capital Partners has doubled its capital and LPs for its second mezzanine fund, as demand for mezzanine debt soars amid a credit liquidity freeze.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity icon Thomas H. Lee has said the credit crisis is ‘not a cash crisis’ but a crisis of confidence that will primarily affect the availability of debt financing for private equity deals valued at more than $1 billion.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bulge brackets Merrill Lynch, Citi and Morgan Stanley are looking for leadership and growth from a formerly obscure niche – alternatives, writes Amanda Janis.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
