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Local activity discovery engine LivingSocial raises $25m
11 Mar 2010
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
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
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
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
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...
Ten years to invest buy-out houses’ $500bn
11 Mar 2010
Bain Capital’s Sensata in $569m IPO
11 Mar 2010
Cartilage treatment business Carticept gets $20m
10 Mar 2010
PE firms line up for UK greetings card company
10 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
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
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...
