In 2002, Guy Hands took his team of professionals at Nomura Principal Finance Group and spun out from the Japanese securities house. Since then, Terra Firma has raised a multi-billion Euro fund and been trawling Europe for assets. But for Hands there has also been the small matter of growing and managing the business. In January, Philip Borel stopped by the group's new home on the South Bank of the River Thames to ask how things were going
10 min read · 12 January 2013
When dealing with their bankers, LBO firms are calling the shots – for now
4 min read · 12 January 2013
3i has confirmed its second senior hire from outside the organisation with the announcement that Simon Ball will join the firm as finance director in February 2005.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
George Soros announced he is handing over greater control of his $12.8b Soros Asset Management firm to his sons, and is spinning off his real estate, credit and private equity divisions.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe's leveraged finance market is hotter than ever – a mixed blessing for the continent's LBO sponsors
4 min read · 12 January 2013
TEX AND THE CITY 2004-12-02 Staff Writer Tom Hicks' last deal before stepping down from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the acquisition of UK footwear company Jimmy Choo, was a testament, in part, to the power of the popular HBO series “Sex and the City”.<br> <br> The series follows the romantic
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity demand for management talent working with portfolio companies on an interim basis is on the rise, says Valeria Vescina.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Market economies don't come much more turbulent than Russia's. To a growing number of private equity practitioners though, therein lies part of its attractiveness. In the wake of a major terrorist attack and a constriction of government controls, general partners active in the country tell Art Janik that Russian risk remains worth taking
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The new head of CalPERS' $20 billion private equity programme plans to expand from the powerful platform he built alongside his former boss, Rick Hayes. David Snow visited Leon Shahinian at 400 P Street to learn more about the tastes, ambitions and challenges of this Sacramento native
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms are making inroads into Germany's corporate debt markets
6 min read · 12 January 2013
