In June, five seasoned media and communications investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan for an on-the-record discussion about opportunities in this rapidly changing market. David Snow reports on a lively exchange of views between these partners and rivals.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Two years after closing EQT IV, EQT Partners is back in the market raising a new buyout fund.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
While groups like New York’s Avenue Capital are seeing distressed opportunities increasing around the world, China is currently grabbing most attention. Andy Thomson finds out why.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Fund manager AMVESCAP is buying WL Ross & Co, a US alternative assets manager, to beef up its product line-up for its clients.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Byeon Yang-ho, managing director and founder of South Korean buyout fund Vogo, is the latest private equity professional to feel the heat from the country’s authorities.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bedminster Capital Management has reached its original $200m target with the first closing of SEEF II, a new vehicle focused on investments in Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Serbia and Croatia and other south eastern Europe markets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As real estate investors compete for increasingly scarce opportunities, the need for due diligence to be conducted quickly has never been greater. By Dave Keating
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has acquired Delta Educational Systems, adding to their growing post-secondary education platform.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco-based real estate secondary firm has acquired a UK portfolio of assets for $775m, believed to be the largest secondary transaction to date in the private equity real estate sector.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
With its high rates of growth and large, increasingly affluent populations, Central and Eastern Europe is becoming an ever-more important element of private equity portfolios. But while there is much cause for optimism, some reservations still remain. Andy Thomson spoke to representatives of three limited partner groups – Leon Hadass, vice president at Pantheon Ventures; Ray Maxwell, managing director in the private equity division at Invesco Asset Management; and Peter Wilson, managing director at HarbourVest Partners – to glean their views on the region's prospects.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
