The chairman of UK private equity investor SVG Capital says changes to the tax deductibility on interest payments on leveraged loans would be damaging to private equity funds and their investors.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The credit crunch has made investors more demanding of the debt they buy, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle’s sale of cable TV provider Insight Communications has reportedly been halted in the hopes that it will fetch a higher price once debt markets are less volatile.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK's second largest pension fund the Universities Superannuation Scheme is demonstrating its appetite for alternatives with the appointment of two private equity specialists to lead its co-investment programme alongside its fund investments.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The financial services-focussed US buyout firm’s investment will fund the launch of a new investment arm, Kessler Capital Corporation.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A leading fund manager said today that the shock waves emanating from the subprime mortgage crisis in the US could stifle investment activity in the European commercial real estate market.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The European mid-market firm Bridgepoint is beginning discussions with investors for its fourth fund, targeting a 45 percent increase on its 2005 fund Bridgepoint Europe III.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Coates Hire, a heavy equipment rental company listed in Australia, has rejected a revised offer put forward by The Carlyle Group and a strategic local investor.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Metalmark has sold Cantera Natural Gas, a portfolio company it created through a series of acquisitions, to Copano Energy.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
SAC Private Capital, the private equity arm of a US hedge fund group, has acquired a control stake in Cosmos Bank at a discount, saving it from government receivership.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
