ICICI Venture is a name that has become synonymous with Indian private equity. Renuka Ramnath, the managing director and CEO of the firm, speaks to Siddharth Poddar about its evolution, aspirations and more.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Crisis for some, opportunity for others 2008-11-01 Staff Writer I'm guessing that a fair number of you are wondering how China is faring amidst the turbulence that is roiling global financial markets. Is the meteoric rise of China's GDP ready for a long fall? Is it time for foreign investors to get out befor
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK and the Netherlands have both reacted to public criticism of the private equity industry by passing new tax legislation
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Twenty years after the record-setting buyout of RJR Nabisco, the deal still stands as a prime example of private equity operating at extreme capacity. Will mega-LBOs of 2006 and 2007 be as influential? And will they, like RJR Nabisco, ultimately disappoint? David Snow compares two bygone boom eras
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The repercussions of the financial turmoil will be profound, say Roberto Paganoni and Ivan Vercoutere of Swiss private equity and hedge fund manager LGT Capital Partners. But does this mean some sort of doomsday reckoning for private equity? Far from it, they insist: the asset class may even emerge from a testing period with its reputation enhanced. By Andy Thomson
10 min read · 12 January 2013
After the tech bubble burst in 2000, VC funds shrank dramatically – and so did their management companies. Both venture and buyout firms may now have to take a page out of that textbook as fundraising slows to a crawl. By Jennifer Harris
6 min read · 12 January 2013
With banks reining in their lending, and the financial crisis seeping through to high streets around the world, where can consumers turn if they want to take out a small loan? One German company is offering peer-to-peer loans, writes Toby Mitchenall
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Credit woes finally strike Asia, as a handful of big-ticket private equity deals are scrapped
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Commentary on the month's hottest private equity stories by Amanda Janis, editor of sister website PrivateEquityOnline.com
2 min read · 12 January 2013
How a KKR and TPG consortium lost a bidding war withWarren Buffett for a US utility – despite offering $1.5bn more
6 min read · 12 January 2013
