Neil Cable, the head of European real estate for Fidelity, is busy hiring as the US firm gears up for direct property investing.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Chinese regulators appear to be toying with the emotions of private equity firms through a mixture of pronouncements – some interpreted as good, some bad, others virtually impossible to interpret in the first place. On the whole, though, things seem to be moving in the right direction for general partners. Andy Thomson reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The SEC's attempt to update Reg D should include dropping the ‘general solicitation’ ban on fundraisers.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Lawyers have notoriously itchy feet, as the esteemed fund franchise of SJ Berwin has discovered.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
For many investors, Irish venture capital is a niche industry within European private equity. However, recent developments anticipate a bright future for the market, writes Jo Nash.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Recent developments in the direct secondary market anticipate a more positive future for European early stage capital, writes Jo Nash.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
On the south side of the equator and east of the Atlantic lies a country that some private equity heavyweights increasingly consider to be a hidden gem.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Joshua Gotbaum will join the upstart New York-based firm as an operating partner and will also become its chief restructuring officer.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity houses have bucked the consensus that leverage ratios will rise in 2007 as 40 percent predict a decrease.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Along with members of the company’s management team, the two firms have agreed to buy Nasdaq-traded Educate in a deal worth $545m. It is Citigroup’s and Sterling’s second education-related deal announced today.
2 min read · 12 January 2013