Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has seen an increase in net asset value, though its chairman says problems in the global credit markets will mean a quieter period for draw-downs and distributions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bill Richardson is the latest Democratic Presidential candidate to join the carried interest debate on Capitol Hill – but unlike his peers, he does not endorse the tax-raising proposals carte blanche.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bill Richardson is the latest Democratic Presidential candidate to join the carried interest debate on Capitol Hill – but unlike his peers, he does not endorse the tax-raising proposals carte blanche.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Increasing fund sizes and periods of heavy fundraising have historically correlated with decreasing returns, according to research presented by two prominent US scholars.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
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
