Central and eastern European buyout firm Mid Europa Partners closed the largest-ever fund in the region on €1.53 billion, 40 percent oversubscribed.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
VSS has agreed to pay $185 million for direct marketing company TRANZACT, generating for its owner, Halyard Capital, a return of 12 times its investment and an 85 percent IRR.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Kabir Misra is in charge of a new Softbank affiliate that is making its mark across Asia.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity vehicles and sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East are making headlines – and worrying politicians – with high-profile direct investments in Western markets, writes Rob Kotecki.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Nicholas Lockley, editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the headlines of the last four weeks on the web.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Sweden's smaller deal market is hoping to stay immune from the contagion sweeping the LBO market. Andy Thomson reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Ten years ago, some of the largest firms got creative when debt became scarce – with disastrous results.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Editor's letter 2007-10-01 Staff Writer Amid the fevered press coverage of the credit crunch, the sentiments of an anonymous investment banker quoted by the UK's <italic>Sunday Times</italic> perhaps best sum up the mood: “People are spooked, there is a feeling that there are some surprises out t
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US private equity mid-market – made up of hundreds of firms but controlling only half the capital in the market – has been somewhat insulated from the turmoil of the megafund deal market. While it faces an altered landscape, the mid-market's challenges are being offset by greater interest from foreign strategic buyers as well as returns-minded LPs. David Snow reports.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
European venture capital has had a bad press which, on the basis of its long-term performance, appears largely justified. Andy Thomson canvasses LPs for their current views of the space.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
