Armed with a debut fund, Christopher Flowers, a major force behind the Shinsei success, is making a splash in Europe's financial services sector.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
A recent UK deal shows that companies with huge pension deficits need not be left on the shelf.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Real estate secondary specialist Liquid Realtyhas recently added two new professionals to its expanding roster.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Dutch real estate firm Westplan Investors has raised a $24 million fund focused on the Southeastern US.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The Washington DC-based private equity firm has finally wrested majority control of French portfolio company Otor from its founding management team after a protracted legal struggle.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TowerBrook Capital Partners, the private equity firm formerly known as Soros Private Equity, has completed its first deal since being spun out of the Soros empire in April.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Through its portfolio company Targa Resources, the global private equity firm has announced the acquisition of the midstream energy business of Dynegy for approximately $2.4bn.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
ISIS Equity Partners, led by Wol Kolade, will soon cease to be a captive operation – a move prompted less by a hunger for independence than a pragmatic view on hindering accounting rules, writes Jonn Elledge.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
There are considerable opportunities in the Chinese non-performing loan (NPL) market, but foreign involvement has so far been scant. Albert McLelland and Sunny Lin cast an eye over recent developments.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Buyouts increase their stranglehold as investment in Europe reaches a new high.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
