A London investment group is aiming to avoid overexposure to frothy conditions in Europe's leveraged loan market – and benefit should it overheat.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
CalPERS is preparing to become a major investor in infrastructure.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity firm is committing $100m to a joint venture with Williamsburg, Virginia-based hotel REIT MHI.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR’s Euronext-listed vehicle, KKR Private Equity Investors, has invested or committed $4.3 billion in just ten months, the firm said today.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The California-based firm’s investment has followed the first close of its first discretionary institutional buyout fund, Fairmont Capital Private Equity LP.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partners has sold its stake in fraud software business Neteconomy, as it hits the exit trail ahead of another fundraising round.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The fund management arm of Permira’s biggest investor is set to close its latest structured product on €700m, above its original target of €500m.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
In March, PEI Asia got hold of Mark Mobius, the globetrotting managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments, in Panama and asked him for his thoughts on the Shanghai stock market crash and its implications for private equity.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Investors in private equity funds must get comfortable about the economics of the partnership. In today's market place, are managers being overcompensated, ask Oliver Gottschalg, Bernd Kreuter and Ludovic Phalippou.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The fundraising carousel remains in full swing, and limited partners are struggling to cope with the pace. With strong distributions driving new commitments, few practitioners are preparing for a slowdown. Philip Borel reports.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
