Germany's association of alternative investors is unimpressed with the government's effort to reform private equity legislation.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Two recent exits further Noson Lawen's point that small is beautiful.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Silver Lake’s and ValueAct Partners’ $3 billion buyout of data company Acxiom is the latest in a series of deals to fall apart in the wake of the credit crunch.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A survey of large buyouts in the US and Europe supports the private equity industry's claims of portfolio company out-performance.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A JC Flowers-led consortium has said it will likely drop its $25 billion bid for Sallie Mae, but is willing to renogotiate the deal, taking into consideration a changed economic and legislative environment.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The sight of public shareholders scrambling for the stub equity in Thomas H Lee and Bain Capital Partners’ take-private bid for Clear Channel Communications shows the asset class still holds its allure despite the credit market upheaval, writes Toby Lewis.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR and Goldman Sachs plan to walk away from their previously agreed $8 billion buyout of Harman International Industries, claiming the audio equipment maker has had a material adverse change in its business and breached the agreement. Harman disputes the claims.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The industry is braced for a slow down as buyouts hit a European high in the first half of 2007. The second half looks more restrained after the banking liquidity crisis of the summer. Continental European deals were among the largest, said Tom Lamb, co-head Barclays Private Equity.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US alternative assets group has sold a further 7.5 percent stake in itself to a strategic investor, valuing David Rubenstein's firm at $20 billion. It sold 5.5 percent to CalPERS in 2000.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
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
