In April, Private Equity International gathered together a group of leading European private equity professionals to reflect on deepening liquidity in the leveraged finance market. The rise of the institutional investor was a major talking point, reports Andy Thomson.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The creator of a European online lending business has raised €300m for a debut private equity fund.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR is about to test the market's appetite for listed LBO funds.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
SVG Capital and its fund management business, SVG Advisers, have committed to invest a combined €3.8bn in the new Permira IV fund, which is targeting €8.5bn in total.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
American Capital may have launched its European affiliate, European Capital, on the back of its one-stop buyout shop approach, but the firm aspires to be more than a one-trick pony. By Robert Venes.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
TowerBrook Capital Partners has held a $1.3 billion final close on its inaugural fund. The TowerBrook team spun out of Soros Asset Management in April of last year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As capital continues to flow into private equity real estate, GPs are gaining the upper hand in negotiating the terms of their fund documents—but that doesn't mean LPs are staying quiet. By Paul Fruchbom
10 min read · 12 January 2013
How long is long-term? As general partners raise, deploy and return capital faster than ever before, their investors may be in danger of getting used to private equity's new short-termism. Ken MacFadyen reports.
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Arif Naqvi, founder of Abraaj Capital, never intended to build a private equity business. Today, he presides over the largest such entity investing in the Middle East and North Africa. An eloquent spokesman for the asset class' importance in the Arab world, he recently shared his vision for the industry and the region with Philip Borel.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Trans World Entertainment has agreed to buy Sun Capital portfolio company Musicland out of bankruptcy. The company’s stay in Chapter 11 has reportedly been tainted by allegations of impropriety.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
