The number of recent private equity investments in wind farms has been head-spinning.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
We asked a selection of leading players in the German market for their views on threats and opportunities in Europe's largest economy. Here's what they said:
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms operating in Germany have reasons to be optimistic: the economy has held up well so far despite global pressures, while the asset class appears to be successfully challenging negative stereotypes. Nonetheless, things could yet take a turn for the worse. Andy Thomson reports from Frankfurt.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Established in 1972, and responsible for private equity's first-ever fund of funds, Adams Street Partners is not the kind of organisation to flee in fright when a market downturn looms over the horizon. Andy Thomson and Philip Borel met with Bon French and Hanneke Smits in London to find out more about the firm's history, its take on current conditions and its broad-mindedness when it comes to manager selection.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
A fund targeting family businesses in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria has closed ahead of target thanks in part to the region's improving exit prospects.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Investor support for private equity fund managers continues to rise, in spite of concerns that some are not sticking to the agreed script.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
TPG-controlled XOJET has secured nearly $2.5bn in debt and equity as it goes head-to-head with Warren Buffet-backed NetJets.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Editor's letter 2008-08-01 Staff Writer Looking back 12 months to the July/August 2007 issue of <italic>Private Equity International</italic> (where did the time go?), it doesn't take a genius to work out that the main preoccupation of private equity at that time was its image. Our pages recorded
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The former European Acquisition Capital partner joins Palamon to focus on the UK.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The French alternatives firm has smashed its initial fundraising target of €300m against a difficult market backdrop, a week after selling a stake in the management company to Spanish firm N+1.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
