According to a report an Investcorp-backed printing company may write off up to £300m of its debt as part of a restructuring.
The private equity firm and the merchant bank have teamed up for a second time for this $56.2m effort.
Ian Cash, who heads up Alchemy Partners’ new £250 million distressed debt vehicle, Alchemy Special Opportunities, talks to Robert Venes about the fund’s focus and the future of distressed debt in Europe.
Ian Taylor is leaving the firm he transformed to play more golf and to work on his property interests.
HarbourVest, Lexington Partners and Partners Group have invested in the Nasdaq-listed buyout firm’s new fund.
The Paris-listed private equity manager invested €1.165 billion in buyouts in the year to 30 June 2006, including its acquisition of Europcar from Volkswagen.
The lender of first resort 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jacques Attali became the “lender of first and only resort” for property investors in Eastern and Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Without his leadersh
China's property markets are luring investors from around the world, but corruption and kickbacks can make any real estate a tricky proposition. By Robin Marriott
In October, H&Q Asia Pacific realised its ground-breaking investment in Beijing Mei Da Coffee, selling a controlling stake in the local operator of more than 60 Starbucks retail stores in Beijing and Tianjing back to Starbucks for an undisclosed amount. Here, H&Q Asia Pacific founder and chairman Hsu Ta-Lin shares his views on backing brand names in Asia's rapidly growing consumer markets.
Following the Asian crisis, non-performing loan investment helped establish private equity in Asia. Motoya Kitamura of Alternative Investment Capital tells the story so far and looks at the future of Asian distress.