Philip Borel
Buying equity is not the easy way of making control investments in India, which might just be the most over-geared country in the world.
Buying up Indian corporate debt is a more attractive option than equity, which is one reason Apollo Management has singled the country out for special attention amongst the BRICs, writes Philip Borel
As the head of a firm that has just raised the largest fund the infrastructure asset class has ever seen, GIP’s Adebayo Ogunlesi has reaped the benefits of delivering on a strategy that countered many prevailing notions when it was first devised. Philip Borel caught up with Ogunlesi to reflect on the firm’s progress to date
The storm over Europe is tearing into investment strategies across the continent. However, the private equity opportunity in Germany, according to three market insiders, remains intact.
The storm over Europe is tearing into investment strategies across the continent. However, the private equity opportunity in Germany, according to three market insiders, remains intact.
The storm over Europe is tearing into investment strategies across the continent. However, the private equity opportunity in Germany, according to three market insiders, remains intact.
What happens when you launch a private equity firm dedicated to investing in financial services at a time when asset valuations are so madly inflated you can’t find anything to buy? You adjust your strategy and build start-ups. But then what do you do when Lehman Brothers blows up and turns an already challenging predicament into something altogether more dangerous? Throw in the towel? In his first ever interview, AnaCap Financial Partners founder Joe Giannamore, a former internet entrepreneur and horse riding professional, explains to Philip Borel how and why his firm has managed to get through it all
Private equity can’t afford to ignore the ongoing controversy around carried interest and taxation
In this edition of Infrastructure Investor, we take a close look at trends in the North American market for private infrastructure finance.
The proposed £225m take-private of UK specialist life company Just Retirement will take Permira’s current fund to just under 60 percent invested. The deal is being led by James Fraser.