Global buyout firm’s central European team buys ULTIMO to capitalise on burgeoning personal credit market in Poland.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Ian Cash, who heads up Alchemy Partners’ new £250 million distressed debt vehicle, Alchemy Special Opportunities, talks to Robert Venes about the fund’s focus and the future of distressed debt in Europe.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Ian Taylor is leaving the firm he transformed to play more golf and to work on his property interests.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
HarbourVest, Lexington Partners and Partners Group have invested in the Nasdaq-listed buyout firm’s new fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
China's property markets are luring investors from around the world, but corruption and kickbacks can make any real estate a tricky proposition. By Robin Marriott
5 min read · 12 January 2013
In October, H&Q Asia Pacific realised its ground-breaking investment in Beijing Mei Da Coffee, selling a controlling stake in the local operator of more than 60 Starbucks retail stores in Beijing and Tianjing back to Starbucks for an undisclosed amount. Here, H&Q Asia Pacific founder and chairman Hsu Ta-Lin shares his views on backing brand names in Asia's rapidly growing consumer markets.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Following the Asian crisis, non-performing loan investment helped establish private equity in Asia. Motoya Kitamura of Alternative Investment Capital tells the story so far and looks at the future of Asian distress.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
How do you steer an LP super tanker through the sometimes choppy waters of global private equity? In October,Wim Borgdorff, head of fund investment at AlpInvest Partners, spoke to Philip Borel about the challenges facing Europe's largest limited partner.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Apollo and Texas Pacific face excruciating regulatory approvals in their $15.5bn buyout bid for Harrah's.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Lawton Fitt, who became the first female partner in Goldman Sachs’ equity division in 1994, has been hired by distressed-investment firm GSC Partners as a senior advisor and as a member of the firm’s board of advisors.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
