Buoyed by growing government support across Asia, private equity interest in renewable energy is strong and getting stronger. But the presence of big-ticket government subsidies in the sector is also a big deterrent, finds Jenny Blinch.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
As buyout firms adapt to a low-leverage investment climate, research suggests that debt has never been the dominant driver of private equity returns.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The European Central Bank has become the latest influential group, including the UK Financial Services Authority and London mayor’s office, to raise concerns in the past week about the negative consequences that proposed regulations could have on Europe’s private equity industry.
4 min read · 08 February 2013
The emerging markets bank is raising a ‘new and unique’ fund to stimulate the debt capital markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The listed private equity firm has sold its remaining stake in Dutch business Dockwise to a consortium of investors including Bain Capital’s credit arm, Sankaty.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
A buyer of company debt will have to prove that they are undertaking a 'genuine company rescue' in order to avoid paying taxes on cancellation of indebtedness income.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Germany’s largest insurer is planning to invest in US real estate once the banks trigger distressed sales, according to boss Paul Achleitner.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The struggling Central European property firm, Orco Property Group, has reportedly hired UBS bank to help find potential new investors. Colony is still in talks to acquire a stake in the group after Orco filed for bankruptcy protection.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
As stakeholders discuss what to do with the firm’s suspended €3bn 2008 fund, Candover has lost control of laboratory business ALcontrol to GSO Capital.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm will use $1bn in equity in to purchase Busch Entertainment's 10 US theme parks, including Sesame Place, SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
