The subprime meltdown is threatening to prevent the LBO model from gaining further ground in Asia. But not everyone involved in Asian private equity has succumbed to pessimism yet, finds Sharon Lim.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Nicholas Lockley, editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the headlines of the last four weeks on the web.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Sweden's smaller deal market is hoping to stay immune from the contagion sweeping the LBO market. Andy Thomson reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Switzerland's LP are not the type to panic in the face of credit market turmoil, writes James Taylor. And on p. 85, Toby Lewis reports on current trends in the Swiss buyout market.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Ten years ago, some of the largest firms got creative when debt became scarce – with disastrous results.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
?PRIVATE EQUITY PROTEST 2 2007-10-01 Staff Writer Meanwhile, Yorkshire-based climate campaigners decamped to the London office of mid-market GP Bridgepoint to make clear their objection to any expansion of Leeds-Bradford airport, which Bridgepoint acquired for £146 million (€214 million; $297 million) in May
2 min read · 12 January 2013
PRIVATE EQUITY PROTEST 1? 2007-10-01 Staff Writer Someone at the Service Employees International Union must have felt the need to enliven the union's continued anti-private equity crusade with some levity – or perhaps they just really needed a day at the beach.<br> <br> In late August, America'
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Editor's letter 2007-10-01 Staff Writer Amid the fevered press coverage of the credit crunch, the sentiments of an anonymous investment banker quoted by the UK's <italic>Sunday Times</italic> perhaps best sum up the mood: “People are spooked, there is a feeling that there are some surprises out t
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US private equity mid-market – made up of hundreds of firms but controlling only half the capital in the market – has been somewhat insulated from the turmoil of the megafund deal market. While it faces an altered landscape, the mid-market's challenges are being offset by greater interest from foreign strategic buyers as well as returns-minded LPs. David Snow reports.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
European venture capital has had a bad press which, on the basis of its long-term performance, appears largely justified. Andy Thomson canvasses LPs for their current views of the space.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
