Boasting one of the largest institutional venture capital fund portfolios in Europe, the European Investment Fund is having to permanently balance commercial investment considerations with its political mandate. Not an easy task, finds Ricky Morton.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
More than enough has been written about the broken promise that was Germany's private equity market. The problem is: who made that promise? Not the local practitioners who continue to build out the franchise of the asset class not so much in spite, but because, of the tough times the economy is experiencing. Philip Borel visited Germany to find out who's doing what and why.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
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10 min read · 12 January 2013
Half-year results of the publicly quoted Standard Life European Private Equity Trust reveal an improvement of net asset value over the six months to 31 March.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Following the appointment of Charles Ayres in April, Lehman Brothers has hired Jon Macintosh to strengthen the investment bank's European mezzanine business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Swiss private equity group has sold a large enough part of its portfolio to CSFB Private Equity to enable it to repay a SFr325m loan to Swiss Life.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Drawing on advice from Capital Dynamics and Morgan Stanley, AIG has placed $250m in triple-A rated bonds backed by private equity fund investments as part of a $1bn securitisation.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The Polish private equity firm has paid $13.6m for a minority stake in LPP, Poland’s biggest fashion retailer.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As crisis talks with Swiss Life continue over the firm’s future, the Swiss private equity firm has sold its interest in a US venture partnership via the secondaries market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The turnaround market, it would seem, has more characters than a Fellini movie. Each plays an important role in this sprawling market, and each is eager not to be confused with the other, often deceptively similar protagonists.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
