In the first in a two part series on debt buybacks, Steven Bortnick, Bradley Boericke and Timothy Leska explores the legal implications a private equity firm must consider when structuring the debt purchase. In our February issue, they will examine the tax implications
7 min read · 08 February 2013
Twenty-five years after it spun out from 3i, Bernard Fairman's traditional 80s-style venture capital firm has been reincarnated as a forward-thinking, cleantech-focused, alternative asset manager
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Permira has offered its LPs a way out of their commitments – but at a steep price
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Two senior communicators from Blackstone and Warburg Pincus, respectively, have departed
3 min read · 08 February 2013
As firms focus on their core competencies, back office employees are often the first to go
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The head of Castle Harlan is adding to the criticism that fair-value accounting is contributing to the economic crisis
4 min read · 08 February 2013
AFRICA IN BRIEF 2009-01-01 Staff Writer Tunga Management Company, a newly launched infrastructure, mining and private equity fund formed by Namibian affiliates of South African asset manager OldMutual Group, will sell a 26 percent stake in itself to a <bold>black empowerment enterprise</bold> (BE
3 min read · 08 February 2013
ASIA IN BRIEF 2009-01-01 Staff Writer Global private equity firm <bold>The Blackstone Group</bold> has signed a memorandum of understanding with the W229 trillion ($183 billion) National Pension Service, to invest up to $2 billion alongside it in undervalued stocks, bonds and real estate in the K
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity fund managers marking their investments to market may be doing their over-allocated LPs a muchneeded favour
4 min read · 08 February 2013
A meltdown in the buyout industry may lead to an outbreak of symptoms last seen during venture capital's black plague
4 min read · 08 February 2013
