The two private equity firms are taking private luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in a $5 billion deal, following a string of recent buyouts.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bridgepoint has used its £189 million (€291 million; $377 million) refinancing of its investment in Pets at Home to pay off £20 million of mezzanine debt and pay itself a £70 million dividend.
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
The country's recent budget contained an important concession to the private equity industry. Expect to see increased numbers of foreign GPs checking in at Sydney airport.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
David Stockman's deal legacy at Blackstone is stellar. But his own private equity fund has hit the skids.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Two major “yellow pages” exits show that timely investments in directory companies were good calls.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Although some will argue that the fund of fund phenomenon has yet to pass through an inevitable period of contraction, the impact they have already had in bringing private equity into the portfolios of previously untapped institutional investors has been huge. So how are they coping in today's tougher climate?
10 min read · 12 January 2013
There's no denying that the mid-market remains the major talking point in a French private equity market wrestling with competition and overly aggressive leverage. But, just over the horizon, lies a vision of a mature industry populated by well-differentiated managers. Andy Thomson reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
The current increase in fundraising activity is good news for placement agents. But intense competition for mandates and a sharpened focus on professional standards means a shakeout in the industry is likely to occur, writes Philip Borel.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Life is getting tougher for foreign GPs in South Korea, so Newbridge Capital has decided to make a donation.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
