What lies in store for the 2009 fundraising market? PEI assesses the mood of limited partners around the world and finds out which LPs have risen to the top of the popularity stakes. By Matt Levin
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Uncertainty over general partners' ability to draw down capital is yet another unforeseen problem the market crisis has created
3 min read · 08 February 2013
These days, it's hard to tell fact from fiction 2009-02-01 Staff Writer Sometimes the consumer press scoops us big time, such as the news that investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has acquired private equity powerhouse TPG. This from consumer-electric news site CNET, reporting last month on the exit from A
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Proposals to create a ‘bad bank’ to soak up the toxic assets clogging the US financial markets have been welcomed by real estate professionals. However, veterans of the RTC warn against simply ‘moving pieces round the board’.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Liquidations are more common in the bankruptcy world as financing for reorganisations has dried up, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A survey of 30 European private equity professionals reveals that more than half of respondents expect to restructure one or more of their portfolio companies in the next 12 months.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The KPMG-sponsored survey of global business leaders also found that business leaders around the world consistently said that roads and energy were the two sectors of infrastructure most urgently in need of investment.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A recent study by BVCA analysed the performance of private equity-owned portfolio companies in the UK and found that they achieved 330% higher returns than the public equivalents. The report includes household names such as Alliance Boots, New Look, Thames Water and Weetabix.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Satyam scandal has brought forgotten corporate governance issues back out into the open in India, which could effect future deal flow, writes Siddharth Poddar.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Last year saw $132bn worth of deals fall through and total volumes down 71% on 2007’s figures.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
