A new private equity fund, led by a retired Hicks Muse partner, will seek opportunities in the chronically inefficient healthcare royalties market. David Snow examines this alternative, alternative strategy, and checks in with the only other private equity firm to have executed it – New York's Paul Capital Partners
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Germany's weakened economy remains difficult territory for financial sponsors to negotiate. Incumbents dig deep to come up with the goods. Is the hard work paying off, asks Philip Borel
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Private Equity International presents the 30 transactions that most inspired admiration, imitation and schadenfreude in the course of this industry's brief history
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Anne Glover has recently taken up a new role as chairman of the British Venture Capital Association. She talks to Colm Gilmore about her new position, Japanese river metaphors and the key role that the London Stock Exchange should have in the European private equity market
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms are undergoing some radical mutations as they flee early stage ventures: but have they got the timing right?
3 min read · 12 January 2013
JLL Partners sees two huge successes, and one carbohydrated disaster, in the course of a single month
6 min read · 12 January 2013
The entertainment company, which provides venues for live music performances, will use the capital to expand to other US cities, Europe and Asia.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Paul Liska joins the New York private investment firm as it expands its activities into the consumer products and financial services sectors.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Palamon Capital Partners, the pan-European investor focused on the services sector, has completed its second major deal in Scandinavia with an investment in Stockholm-based start-up Nordax Finans.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe's mezzanine market is flush with capital, and more investors are looking to gain access. Philip Borel finds out what market practitioners make of it all
6 min read · 12 January 2013