The recent sale of private equity-backed KorAm Bank to Citigroup was a milestone for the industry in Asia
GTCR has a big hit and a near miss with the same CEO
UK portfolio companies say their private equity owners are too hands-off. Are they right?
Scandinavian buyout firm Altor Equity Partners has made two investments from its debut fund, which closed on E650m earlier in the year.
Amadeus, Apax lead Acol first round; Gyros closes largest Nordic biotech round; HBM leads E13.8m Ingenium round; SG Capital Europe takes Lince stake
Barclays Private Equity has sold its 66 per cent stake in Preferred Mortgages to Lehman Brothers for 2.3 times its original investment, generating an IRR of over 40 per cent.
The use of high yield financing is a staple feature of leveraged buyouts, but participants in deals may not appreciate the need for precisely tailored covenants. Valerie Jacob, co-managing partner of Fried, Frank, Harris, Schriver & Jacobson, highlights the keys to investor protection.
The global private equity house has paid an undisclosed sum for one of Germany’s largest privately-owned industrial and building electronics component producers.
FLV Fund, the struggling Belgian venture capital firm, has terminated negotiations with Arcis Group of France and the UK’s Strathdon Investments that could have led to a sale of FLV’s portfolio assets.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Pascal Werner as managing director and head of leveraged finance France following the departure of Michel Chabanel.