Having spent over three decades in the industry, Sir Robert Smith is a big name in UK private equity. Now retired (well, kind of), a recent non-executive appointment to the board of directors of 3i Plc means the veteran dealmaker is about to return to the action. Here he talks to Philip Borel about where British private equity came from and where it is going
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Richard Nevins, co-head of the restructuring advisory team at US investment bank Jefferies International, has relocated to London to spearhead the firm’s push into the European market.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Douglas MacDonald of The MacDonald Partnership has worked hard to promote the provision of finance to ailing UK companies. Here he tells Andy Thomson that the growing phenomenon of ‘debt forgiveness’ is creating a culture more conducive to business rescues.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Leveraged loans in Europe are being repaid earlier than ever at the moment. This is causing problems for managers of collateralised loan obligation funds. Deal Mechanic explains why
6 min read · 12 January 2013
With a new transatlantic mezzanine and equity fund in the making, his firm continuing to push into Central Europe plus a raft of extracurricular activities, life is anything but dull for Mezzanine Management's Rory Brooks. Philip Borel reports
10 min read · 12 January 2013
David Chamberlain, the former managing director of private equity at Swiss alternative asset manager Unigestion, has joined Zurich-based placement agent Palomar Capital Advisors as managing director.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Sovereign Capital, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has completed the £22 million institutional buyout of Herts Care Group, the provider of crisis care homes for children.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Boston-based growth equity specialist has recapitalised Global Cash Access, a Las Vegas company that provides ATMs and other services to the ‘gaming industry.’
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Though venture capital activity is dwarfed by its neighbour to the south, Canada has taken steps toward realising its full entrepreneurial potential. By Art Janik
3 min read · 12 January 2013
High above midtown New York, a group of distressed debt specialists recently exchanged views on how to turn peril into profit. They debated strategic points related to control versus passive investing and operations enhancement versus forensic credit analysis. But our distressed pros' ultimate goals are identical: buy unusually low, sell somewhere north of there. David Snow chronicles the crossfire
9 min read · 12 January 2013
