Crisis for some, opportunity for others 2008-11-01 Staff Writer I'm guessing that a fair number of you are wondering how China is faring amidst the turbulence that is roiling global financial markets. Is the meteoric rise of China's GDP ready for a long fall? Is it time for foreign investors to get out befor
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Twenty years after the record-setting buyout of RJR Nabisco, the deal still stands as a prime example of private equity operating at extreme capacity. Will mega-LBOs of 2006 and 2007 be as influential? And will they, like RJR Nabisco, ultimately disappoint? David Snow compares two bygone boom eras
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The repercussions of the financial turmoil will be profound, say Roberto Paganoni and Ivan Vercoutere of Swiss private equity and hedge fund manager LGT Capital Partners. But does this mean some sort of doomsday reckoning for private equity? Far from it, they insist: the asset class may even emerge from a testing period with its reputation enhanced. By Andy Thomson
10 min read · 12 January 2013
With banks reining in their lending, and the financial crisis seeping through to high streets around the world, where can consumers turn if they want to take out a small loan? One German company is offering peer-to-peer loans, writes Toby Mitchenall
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Credit woes finally strike Asia, as a handful of big-ticket private equity deals are scrapped
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Commentary on the month's hottest private equity stories by Amanda Janis, editor of sister website PrivateEquityOnline.com
2 min read · 12 January 2013
How a KKR and TPG consortium lost a bidding war withWarren Buffett for a US utility – despite offering $1.5bn more
6 min read · 12 January 2013
NORTH AMERICA NEWS CONTINUED<br/>FUNDS AND BUYSIDE 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Paladin Capital Group has closed its third <bold>homeland-security</bold> fund on $340 million. The Washington DC firm is led by former CIA head James Woolsey, as well as a former director of the US National Security
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Even ‘pristine’ LPs are taking a hard look at their commitment levels and scrambling for cash
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Jürgen Borchers and Lars Körner of Cologne-based funds of funds manager CAM Private Equity explain the benefits of a private equity-focussed risk management model
5 min read · 12 January 2013
