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Local activity discovery engine LivingSocial raises $25m
11 Mar 2010

Local activity discovery engine LivingSocial raises $25m

LivingSocial, a social commerce company behind LivingSocial Deals and  Facebook applications Visual Bookshelf and Pick Your Five, has completed a $25m...

Primary wins auction for HSBC's AMTECH Group
11 Mar 2010

Primary wins auction for HSBC's AMTECH Group

HSBC Private Equity has sold portfolio company AMTECH Group to mid-market investor Primary. The £35m (€38.5m) sale takes the form of a management buy-out,...

EMI chief executive to leave
11 Mar 2010

EMI chief executive to leave

Elio Leoni-Sceti, chief executive of troubled record label EMI, is to step down at the end of this month. The turnaround specialist was brought in to head...

Goldman Sachs China chairman quits to launch PE fund
11 Mar 2010

Goldman Sachs China chairman quits to launch PE fund

One of Goldman Sachs’ most senior dealmakers is stepping down to launch a multi-billion dollar China-focused private equity fund, according to Reuters....

Battery Ventures hits target with $750m
11 Mar 2010

Battery Ventures hits target with $750m

Tech-focused venture capita firm Battery Ventures has closed its ninth fund, BV IX, on its $750m target. This brings total committed capital in Battery’s...

Long-term European private equity performance remains robust
11 Mar 2010

Long-term European private equity performance remains robust

Creandum hires ex-Balderton Capital general partner
11 Mar 2010

Creandum hires ex-Balderton Capital general partner

Ten years to invest buy-out houses’ $500bn
11 Mar 2010

Ten years to invest buy-out houses’ $500bn

Bain Capital’s Sensata in $569m IPO
11 Mar 2010

Bain Capital’s Sensata in $569m IPO

European PE investment in 2009 down 71 per cent on boom of 2007
11 Mar 2010

European PE investment in 2009 down 71 per cent on boom of 2007

US Treasury Secretary Geithner blasts EU regulation
11 Mar 2010

US Treasury Secretary Geithner blasts EU regulation

Cartilage treatment business Carticept gets $20m
10 Mar 2010

Cartilage treatment business Carticept gets $20m

New Enterprise Associates adds Ron Bernal as venture partner
10 Mar 2010

New Enterprise Associates adds Ron Bernal as venture partner

PE firms line up for UK greetings card company
10 Mar 2010

PE firms line up for UK greetings card company

Citadel Capital appoints CEO for financial platform company
10 Mar 2010

Citadel Capital appoints CEO for financial platform company
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Asia Private Equity Review March 2010
11 Mar 2010

Asia Private Equity Review March 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

Private equity activity in February 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR

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

European private equity in review, 2009 edition

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

HSBC Emerging Markets Insights 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

Conflicts of interest in the venture capital industry in Spain, Wales and England

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

Time to engage – or fade away. What all owners should learn from the shakeout in private equity

Preparing for the portfolio company IPO, by Fried Frank
23 Feb 2010

Preparing for the portfolio company IPO, by Fried Frank

Brighton House Associates quarterly research report Q4 2009
18 Feb 2010

Brighton House Associates quarterly research report Q4 2009

The Russian economy and private equity market in February 2010, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
17 Feb 2010

The Russian economy and private equity market in February 2010, according to Aurora Investment Advisors

Are private equity investors good or evil?
17 Feb 2010

Are private equity investors good or evil?

Go4Venture’s Monthly European Technology Venture Capital Bulletin – January 2010
16 Feb 2010

Go4Venture’s Monthly European Technology Venture Capital Bulletin – January 2010

Asia Private Equity Review Feb 2010
15 Feb 2010

Asia Private Equity Review Feb 2010

The European life sciences market – things can only get better...can’t they?
12 Feb 2010

The European life sciences market – things can only get better...can’t they?

The use of luxembourg vehicles in spanish private equity
11 Feb 2010

The use of luxembourg vehicles in spanish private equity

Working paper on the real effects of private equity investment, by the ECB
08 Feb 2010

Working paper on the real effects of private equity investment, by the ECB
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Shai Weiss of Virgin Green Fund on environmental PE investment
09 Mar 2010

Shai Weiss of Virgin Green Fund on environmental PE investment

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

Malcolm McKenzie of Alvarez & Marsal on struggling companies

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

The outlook for restructuring and consensuality, by Stuart Mathieson

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

A call to arms for innovation: corporations must invest in venture-backed start-ups, writes Bob Ackerman

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

Unleash small business to stir US job growth, writes Allegis Capital founder Bob Ackerman

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. ...

Investments aren’t just for Christmas, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell
26 Jan 2010

Investments aren’t just for Christmas, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell

Out of the abyss and into the limelight: M&A re-ignites the cycle of innovation
19 Jan 2010

Out of the abyss and into the limelight: M&A re-ignites the cycle of innovation

How investors can improve their RoI, writes Coller IP Management CEO Jackie Maguire
13 Jan 2010

How investors can improve their RoI, writes Coller IP Management CEO Jackie Maguire

Former AVCA chairman Rotimi Oyekanmi on the African PE landscape
12 Jan 2010

Former AVCA chairman Rotimi Oyekanmi on the African PE landscape

Corporate venturing, an overview from Taylor Wessing
08 Jan 2010

Corporate venturing, an overview from Taylor Wessing

New rules of taxation for carried interest unit holders in France: an unsatisfying reform for French managers of foreign investment funds
21 Dec 2009

New rules of taxation for carried interest unit holders in France: an unsatisfying reform for French managers of foreign investment funds

Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on corporate venture issues and the move away from mega VC funds
01 Dec 2009

Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on corporate venture issues and the move away from mega VC funds

Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on the over-capitalisation of cleantech
18 Nov 2009

Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on the over-capitalisation of cleantech

The meaning of risk, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell
16 Nov 2009

The meaning of risk, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell

The alternative to an IPO: an increasingly attractive option for VC and PE portfolio companies
06 Nov 2009

The alternative to an IPO: an increasingly attractive option for VC and PE portfolio companies
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Rory Earley, CEO and CIO, Capital for Enterprise Limited
15 Feb 2010

Rory Earley, CEO and CIO, Capital for Enterprise Limited

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, Managing Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select

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

Investor Profile: Clark Song, Investment Specialist, Genertec Investment Managers

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

Investor Profile: Christophe Nicolas, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

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

Investor Profile: Sipilä Samuli, Managing Director, Pohjola Private Equity Funds

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: Duran Curis, Managing Director, Drum Capital
02 Nov 2009

Investor Profile: Duran Curis, Managing Director, Drum Capital

Investor Profile: Markus Ableitinger, Director, Capital Dynamics
29 Sep 2009

Investor Profile: Markus Ableitinger, Director, Capital Dynamics

Investor Profile: Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Investment Director, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
29 Jul 2009

Investor Profile: Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Investment Director, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

Investor Profile: George Anson, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, UK
23 Jun 2009

Investor Profile: George Anson, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, UK

Investor Profile: Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director, ACG Private Equity
02 Jun 2009

Investor Profile: Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director, ACG Private Equity

Investor Profile: Katharina Lichtner, Managing Director and Head of Research, Capital Dynamics
30 May 2009

Investor Profile: Katharina Lichtner, Managing Director and Head of Research, Capital Dynamics

Investor Profile: Sam Robinson, Director of Private Equity, SVG Advisers
26 May 2009

Investor Profile: Sam Robinson, Director of Private Equity, SVG Advisers

Investor Profile: Steve Cowan, Managing Director, PCGI
25 Mar 2009

Investor Profile: Steve Cowan, Managing Director, PCGI

Investor Profile: Markus Pauli, CIO of Alternative Investments, Local Government Pensions Institute
04 Mar 2009

Investor Profile: Markus Pauli, CIO of Alternative Investments, Local Government Pensions Institute

Investor Profile: Alessandra Pasian, Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
24 Feb 2009

Investor Profile: Alessandra Pasian, Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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INM offloads India media company shares worth €42m
09 Mar 2010, India PE

Independent News & Media has sold 23.5 million ordinary shares in Jagran Prakashan Limited ("JPL") on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India. This sale represents approximately 7.8% of the issued...

India's third best choice for PE companies
09 Mar 2010, India PE

India is ranked among the top three investment destinations for private equity (PE) firms in the world, as per a report by consulting firm Bain & Company. The US, one of the worst affected by the global...

What's Your Founder Superpower?
11 Feb 2011, Genuine VC

CSK May Sell Cosmo Sec. To Iwai Sec.
10 Mar 2010, Japan Private Equity News

Citi Said to Plan $2 Billion Securities Sale
10 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog

Siva Buys 50% Stake in Norwegian Mineral Water Firm
10 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE

Geely Said to Lock in Volvo Financing
10 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog

Did Ok Go Free Itself From EMI?
10 Mar 2010, Tech Dirt

As Fed Eases Loan Aid, Policy Challenges Arise
10 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog

Symphony Capital Arm Prunes Stake In Strides Arcolab
10 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE

Aditya Birla Minacs Acquires UK's Compass BPO
10 Mar 2010, VC-CIRCLE

In Europe, Calls for Crackdown on Derivatives
10 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog

Apollo Said to Buy Citi's Real Estate Unit
10 Mar 2010, New York Times Deal Blog

Designing Exits Into Our Investments, Basil Peters
10 Mar 2010, The Frank Peters Show

The New Dork
10 Mar 2010, Feld

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Citi Said to Plan $2 Billion Securities Sale
10 Mar 2010, NYT Dealbook

Citigroup, seeking to bolster capital after repaying bailout funds to the Treasury, is selling trust preferred securities as rising investor demand drives borrowing costs to near the lowest in almost five...

Geely Said to Lock in Volvo Financing
10 Mar 2010, NYT Dealbook

Zhejiang Geely Holding, the Chinese carmaker that struck a deal with Ford in December to by its Swedish unit Volvo, has finally secured the necessary financing, the Swedish daily Dagens Industri repor...