Nicholas Lockley, editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the headlines of the last four weeks on the web.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Dedicated secondary buyers are flat out, with billion dollar portfolio disposals being arranged by leading LPs such as CalPERS. At the same time, buyers are beginning to seriously contemplate what an end to the private equity boom might mean for them. Philip Borel reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners managed to make a 3.4 times return from its stake in a rubber company with operations in the Ivory Coast, despite the country being wracked by civil war.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
A new Softbank affiliate is making its mark across Asia.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Sun Capital takes a second swing with a subprime lender.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Operational heavyweight Bruno Deschamps swaps Clayton, Dubilier for 3i.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
LBO funds buying into metal-processing businesses in Germany will need to get along with IG Metall.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Advantage Partners, one of Japan’s most prominent local private equity groups, is making its first foray into what one investor referred to as ‘hedge fund management’, with a $2 billion fund that will buy minority stakes in listed Japanese companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Accent Equity has sold Swedish flower delivery service EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital. It is the third investment in three months from the Swedish firm’s third fund.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Soon after PEO revealed that the Virgin Group is launching its first institutional buyout fund, its chief executive has reportedly outlined plans to pursue a ‘branded venture capitalism’ strategy, as it looks to take on large buyout firms like Blackstone and Apax.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
