A funding gap is threatening the German Mittelstand, and private equity investors will not find it easy to help bridge it. But those with an appetite for difficult deals will find attractive opportunities, writes Nicholas Lockley.
9 min read · 11 January 2013
News: Funds 2002-09-01 Staff Writer <b>Blackstone closes record fund</b><br />The Blackstone Group has closed its fourth private equity fund, having received $6.45bn in limited partner commitments. BCP IV is the largest private equity fund raised to date. The fundraising, in part facilitate
9 min read · 11 January 2013
News: Deals 2002-09-01 Staff Writer <b>LBOs take centre stage</b><br />The second half of 2002 promises to deliver an upswing in European LBO transactions, following a record level of activity in July which saw the value of LBOs outstrip both previous quarters in 2002. A total of €15bn was
10 min read · 11 January 2013
When do private equity and property fit together? A growing number of dedicated European real estate private equity funds are out to prove to investors in Europe that opportunistic property investment fits the private equity model well. Philip Borel takes a look.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
While many practitioners view the non-disclosure agreement as a formality, there are in fact a variety of issues which should be considered before signing or sending out an NDA.
6 min read · 11 January 2013
PM & Partners, Athena and Prudentia have backed the E20m management buyout of Venice-based IT services firm AIVE.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Who is shaping the industry? The question is important, because private equity, despite its becoming a more mainstream, institutionalised asset class, fundamentally remains a people's business. Private Equity International picks the people who make all the difference in European private equity.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
The Warsaw-based private equity group has invested $3m in a 39 per cent stake in Kinoplex, Poland’s largest cinema operator.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Private equity is often described as a long-term game and many investors read this as code for the asset class' inherent illiquidity. But now securitisation has come to private equity with the potential of dramatically changing the landscape. Private Equity International looks at recent developments.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
News: Deals 2002-03-01 Staff Writer <b>Coller Capital makes first exit from Lucent portfolio</b><br />Pequot Capital Management and New Venture Partners, the New Jersey-based venture capital operation controlled by UK private equity secondaries specialist Coller Capital, have partially dive
10 min read · 11 January 2013
