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TPG sells Asian healthcare stake for $685m
12 Mar 2010
US buy-out firm TPG has sold its 23.9 per cent stake in Asian healthcare service provider Parkway Holdings to Indian company Fortis Healthcare for $685m....
DFJ Esprit hires senior adviser for Nordic investments
12 Mar 2010
European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has hired Mikko Suonenlahti, who joins the team as a senior adviser, focusing on investments in the B2B and B2C...
Carlyle's Willcom gets state fund backing
12 Mar 2010
A bankrupt Japanese wireless communications company backed by US private equity firm Carlyle is to be backed by a government-backed turnaround fund, while...
Advent plans to put Poundland up for sale
12 Mar 2010
Private equity house Advent International has hired advisers to prepare a potential sale of Poundland to a rival buy-out firm or to a competitor discount...
Brown, Sarkozy to discuss EU private equity regulation
12 Mar 2010
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy will try to map out a deal over EU fund regulation reforms, with the UK Prime Minister hoping for a compromise on measures...
Primary wins auction for HSBC's AMTECH Group
11 Mar 2010
EMI chief executive to leave
11 Mar 2010
Battery Ventures hits target with $750m
11 Mar 2010
Ten years to invest buy-out houses’ $500bn
11 Mar 2010
Bain Capital’s Sensata in $569m IPO
11 Mar 2010
Asia Private Equity Review March 2010
11 Mar 2010
Ever since Mr Ajay Relan, former managing director and head of the India operation of Citi Venture Capital International made the landmark move to leave...
Private equity activity in February 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR
11 Mar 2010
Global private equity activity weakened in February for a second consecutive month, with value falling back by a quarter to $8.363bn from $11.096bn in...
European private equity in review, 2009 edition
08 Mar 2010
Looking back, few in the European private equity industry will remember 2009 with much fondness. It is plainly clear that last year marked a low-water...
HSBC Emerging Markets Insights 2010
04 Mar 2010
We have reached a tipping point in global economic affairs. No longer is it possible to argue convincingly that the US or European nations determine the...
Conflicts of interest in the venture capital industry in Spain, Wales and England
02 Mar 2010
This article is a brief summary of the main issues arising for venture capital entities regarding conflicts of interest in Spain, Wales and England. The...
Time to engage – or fade away. What all owners should learn from the shakeout in private equity
26 Feb 2010
The Russian economy and private equity market in February 2010, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
17 Feb 2010
Are private equity investors good or evil?
17 Feb 2010
Asia Private Equity Review Feb 2010
15 Feb 2010
Shai Weiss of Virgin Green Fund on environmental PE investment
09 Mar 2010
Shai Weiss is partner at Virgin Green Fund, a private equity fund that focuses on mid-market growth and expansion investment opportunities in the renewable...
Malcolm McKenzie of Alvarez & Marsal on struggling companies
01 Mar 2010
The last 18 months have been extremely difficult for private equity funds, the companies they own and the economy as a whole on an international scale....
The outlook for restructuring and consensuality, by Stuart Mathieson
19 Feb 2010
As European loan investors reflect on what was a record year for both loan market returns and the number of recorded defaults, the primary market is at...
A call to arms for innovation: corporations must invest in venture-backed start-ups, writes Bob Ackerman
05 Feb 2010
America’s innovation engine is running out of gas. Corporations in the US have been slashing internal long-term R&D spending for decades and, most recently,...
Unleash small business to stir US job growth, writes Allegis Capital founder Bob Ackerman
02 Feb 2010
Historically, 70 per cent of job growth in the US has come from the small business sector – including the world of start-ups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. ...
Rory Earley, CEO and CIO, Capital for Enterprise Limited
15 Feb 2010
Capital for Enterprise Limited negotiated the UK Innovation Investment Fund’s commitment to investment manager Hermes as part of the government’s drive...
David Seligman, Managing Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select
05 Jan 2010
David Seligman on signs of a slow recovery for private equity investments, on the resilience of funds focusing on the lower end of the market due to lower...
Investor Profile: Clark Song, Investment Specialist, Genertec Investment Managers
15 Dec 2009
Clark Song on the private equity landscape in China, on the pitfalls of investing in the asset class in the country, and on the effects of western funds...
Investor Profile: Christophe Nicolas, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
08 Dec 2009
Christophe Nicolas on the flow of secondary deals in the lower end of the market, on the growing bubble in distressed debt investing, on the generation...
Investor Profile: Sipilä Samuli, Managing Director, Pohjola Private Equity Funds
12 Nov 2009
Sipilä Samuli on investing in the European lower mid-market, on the value of fund placement agents and on investors’ nous for putting money into funds...
Investor Profile: Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Investment Director, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
29 Jul 2009
Investor Profile: Katharina Lichtner, Managing Director and Head of Research, Capital Dynamics
30 May 2009
PEs stay invested in IT firms despite public offers
12 Mar 2010, India PE
After real estate, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) players are holding on to their investments in information technology (IT) companies coming up with initial public offers (IPOs). Traditionally,...
Fortis buys 24% in singapore healthcare giant
12 Mar 2010, India PE
Malvinder to be Parkway chairman; acquisition will form Asia’s largest hospital chain. Fortis Healthcare today announced the largest overseas acquisition by an Indian company in the healthcare space,...
What's Your Founder Superpower?
11 Feb 2011, Genuine VC
Japan's economy Grows 3.8%, Less Than First Estimate
12 Mar 2010, Japan Private Equity News
Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Deal
12 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
"How to Create a Personal Brand as a Venture Capitalist"
12 Mar 2010, Venture Blog
Is Twitter any use for retailers?
12 Mar 2010, econsultancy
Concurrent India Buys Stake In Maintenance Firm Kazi Aviation
12 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Pink Floyd tracks: goodbye cruel (digital) world?
12 Mar 2010, econsultancy
National Trust: iPhone app review
12 Mar 2010, econsultancy
A Bidding War for Terra? Yara Demurs
12 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Vishal Retail Calls Off Merger With Private Arm
12 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE
eYantra Raises $7.8M In Series B Funding From Argonaut
12 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Poll Shows Vast Majority for More Wall St. Regulation
12 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Classical Music Composers Debating The Value Of Free Too
12 Mar 2010, Tech Dirt
Board Extends Deadline for Everglades Deal
12 Mar 2010, NYT Dealbook
Facing legal challenges and growing deficits, South Florida water officials on Thursday gave themselves six more months to finance a controversial $536 million purchase of land from United States Sugar...
A Bidding War for Terra? Yara Demurs
12 Mar 2010, NYT Dealbook
Yara International says it will not increase its offer to acquire U.S. competitor Terra Industries after Terra's board chose to favor a higher bid from CF Industries.
