A new $2.5m wealth threshold for investment in private equity and hedge funds would dramatically reduce the number of US investors considered accredited.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has outlined the possible threats to financial stability posed by private equity.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In recent days, the investment bank has announced three successive strategic investments alterative investment platforms, including a hedge fund, fund of hedge funds and a distressed investment firm, in an ongoing bid to bolster its alternative investment business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The New York private equity firm has teamed with Los Angeles hedge fund Canyon Capital to acquire Logan’s Roadhouse for $486m.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
GP Investimentos, Gaves Investimentos, Pactual and Advent International are four firms to watch as private equity deals in Brazil grow in size. David Snow profiles the biggest players in Latin America's biggest market.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Brazilian private equity professionals are trumpeting a major improvement in the country's private equity opportunity. If LPs could get other the politics and see beyond China and India, say Brazilian GPs, they'd be impressed with Brazil's vast economy, sophisticated capital markets and few competing financial investors, David Snow reports.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Texas Pacific Group and co-investors are manoeuvring carefully to avoid the grounding of their Qantas bid
7 min read · 12 January 2013
The world's biggest private equity firm needs more money, fast.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity real estate investors are rushing into Brazil in search of heavenly returns. But amid the aura of political and economic stability, the emerging market risks continue to loom large. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Although the theme of the fall 2006 PREA conference was “Back to Basics,” delegates found the current state of the real estate industry anything but. By Alison Granito
7 min read · 12 January 2013
