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FSA chief executive Hector Sants resigns
09 Feb 2010
The chief executive of the Financial Services Authority has resigned, as the future of the UK regulatory body hangs in the balance. Hector Sants announced...
Italian PE firm plans to make Fiat factory electric
09 Feb 2010
Italian firm Cimino & Associates Private Equity (Cape) plans to set up a production line for electric cars in Sicily once Fiat winds down its operations...
Five dead in private equity power plant disaster
09 Feb 2010
A power plant owned by energy infrastructure-focused private equity firm Energy Investors Funds (EIF) has exploded in the US. Five workers have died and...
Solar company Infinia to absorb $75m financing
09 Feb 2010
US solar company Infinia is aiming to raise $75m of equity financing. In a regulatory filing, the company revealed that it has received $11.5m of the total...
Venture capital firm Redpoint closes fourth fund on $400m
09 Feb 2010
Redpoint Ventures has closed Redpoint IV, a $400m early stage venture capital fund. The money will be invested in social and mobile internet, cloud computing...
Argos Sodotic makes second exit in a week
09 Feb 2010
Montagu lines up €2bn BSN Medical IPO
08 Feb 2010
Working paper on the real effects of private equity investment, by the ECB
08 Feb 2010
Recent years have spurred interest in the role of private equity investment in the financing of small new firms. While banks are often reluctant to finance...
Islamic private equity funds, a Dechert report
08 Feb 2010
Private equity is a well developed asset class in the Western world that has also enjoyed tremendous success in the Middle East in recent years and funds...
Private equity activity in January 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR
08 Feb 2010
The value of global private equity was up 47 per cent year-on-year in January at $11.058bn but despite much talk of a return to form for private equity,...
Summary of Israeli high-tech company capital raising for 2009, according to IVC
03 Feb 2010
In 2009, 447 Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.12bn from local and foreign venture investors, 46 per cent below $2.08bn raised in 2008 and 36 per cent...
Technology M&A Review 2009
03 Feb 2010
2009 was some year. It started with the world economy toppling, world markets diving and a depression was forecast by many. However, a succession of bank...
Investment opportunities in the MENA region
27 Jan 2010
unquote” Private Equity Barometer Q4 2009
26 Jan 2010
Listed private equity – is now the time to buy?
19 Jan 2010
The Russian economy and private equity market in December 2009, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
15 Jan 2010
The social and economic impact of PE in China
15 Jan 2010
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. ...
Investments aren’t just for Christmas, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell
26 Jan 2010
As we move well away from the festive period and into the New Year, I’m reminded of the adage that “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas”. People...
Out of the abyss and into the limelight: M&A re-ignites the cycle of innovation
19 Jan 2010
A new year has begun and economy watchers ponder how much better it will be in the wake of an abysmal 2009. There is reason for guarded optimism in venture...
How investors can improve their RoI, writes Coller IP Management CEO Jackie Maguire
13 Jan 2010
What factors do venture capitalists consider when deciding to invest in a company? This is the topic of a new report entitled Management, Management, Management...
Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on corporate venture issues and the move away from mega VC funds
01 Dec 2009
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: Duran Curis, Managing Director, Drum Capital
02 Nov 2009
Duran Curis on the interest in the special situations space, on the reason distressed debt investing is more attractive than the secondary market, and...
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
Investor Profile: Markus Pauli, CIO of Alternative Investments, Local Government Pensions Institute
04 Mar 2009
M&A activity in India more than doubled to $3 bn in Jan 2010
08 Feb 2010, India PE
Merger and acquisition activity in the country more than doubled in the first month of 2010 as deals worth nearly USD 3 billion (about Rs 13,950 crore) were announced amid improved signs of liquidity,...
PEs preferring China, India for investments in 2010
08 Feb 2010, India PE
Private equity funds are looking at emerging markets as their investment destination in 2010, and India has emerged as the second most preferred country after China for investment, says a survey. According...
Kirin, Suntory breaks off merger talks (2)
09 Feb 2010, Japan Private Equity News
Internet trends
09 Feb 2010, Equity Kicker
Is social media destroying trust in friends?
09 Feb 2010, econsultancy
In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again
09 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Distressed Debt Hedge Funds Close
09 Feb 2010, Richard Wilson
My 10th TED Conference
09 Feb 2010, Venture Blog
Denmark Leads the Household Leverage Sweepstakes
09 Feb 2010, Infectious Greed
UBS Swings Back to Profit
09 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Judge Questions Bank of America's New Deal With S.E.C.
09 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Protecting Banks in the Boardroom
09 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
2i Capital Makes Rs 100Cr In Pipavav Stake Sale
09 Feb 2010, VC-CIRCLE
The Enforcers
09 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Facebook Sends Lots Of Traffic To News Sites... Will They Start Demanding To Be Paid?
09 Feb 2010, Tech Dirt
In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again
09 Feb 2010, NYT Dealbook
With many real estate investors who spent freely during the boom desperately trying to fend off lenders or teetering at the edge of bankruptcy, New York's royal real estate families are looking like wise...
UBS Swings Back to Profit
09 Feb 2010, NYT Dealbook
UBS, the Swiss bank which became a symbol of ravages of the subprime crisis in Europe, posted its first quarterly profit in over a year Tuesday, helped by lower costs and a tax credit.
