Switzerland's corporates and mid-cap companies are slowly but surely turning to private equity amid increasing economic pressures and a tightening supply of credit. Natasha Berg looks at where the Swiss buyout market will be headed in 2003.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Hard hit by the market downturn, private equity funds of funds everywhere are bracing themselves for a period of sector consolidation, and the Swiss houses are right in the thick of it. Nicholas Lockley reports.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
The total return swap has been used across a host of asset classes, letting one party secure stable returns whilst the other can acquire exposure to volatile but possibly far superior returns. Could it be done in private equity? To a growing number of advisers, the answer is yes.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe 2003-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>NIB to back Deutsche MBO</strong><br> Dutch private equity house NIB Capital is in exclusive negotiations with Ted Virtue, the New York based chief execut
10 min read · 12 January 2013
What are companies doing looking to offer their employees private equity co-investment plans? Norman Leben of DML explains.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, chiefly aimed at resurrecting investors' trust in the public markets, has prompted a fierce debate about its many unintended side effects and their impact on the private equity industry. To find out what exactly the issues are, Private Equity International consulted two legal practitioners. In these pages, Franci J. Blassberg of Debevoise & Plimpton and Prakash Metha of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld get to grips with the new rules and the ways in which they are going to affect the private equity business.
6 min read · 11 January 2013
One man's loss is another's opportunity: with a myriad of corporate entities struggling to survive the downturn, restructuring and turnaround opportunities abound for private equity firms who've got the appetite. But there aren't many of those around finds Robin Burnett.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
Mark Director of Kirkland Ellis discusses the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for the private equity industry.
7 min read · 11 January 2013
Keith Breslauer is building a business that is half real estate investor, half private equity house. Deepening Patron Capital's links with the European private equity industry is at the top of his agenda. Here's why.
9 min read · 11 January 2013
America 2002-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> Monito</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>General solicitation and the F word</strong><br> <quotation><bold>When private equity firms are fund-raising in the US, what can and can't they say to
10 min read · 11 January 2013
