Americas 2003-08-01 Staff Writer <strong>Monitor<br> America</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Push the peanut</strong><br> <bold>Sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts are in vogue – and to many investors, a cause for concern. Are private equity firms buying fr
Europe 2003-08-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Viennese Whirl</strong><br> <bold>At EVCA's 20th anniversary annual meeting in June, a panel of leading private equity practitioners took a view on what lies
The Swiss insurance group has sacked the CEO and COO of its private equity unit as part of plans to withdraw from the asset class after branding it a non-core operation.
The US investment bank has named former Merrill Lynch director James Greenwood as co-head of its European leveraged finance team.
Private Equity Holding has secured its immediate future after Swiss Life agreed to extend a SFr325m credit facility beyond the 10 March expiry date.
At this point in the cycle, the ambitions and anxieties of investors have a strong bearing on the mood in the asset class. So which buyside representatives are setting the tone on fundraising, terms and conditions and alignment of interest with general partners? Private Equity International selects the limited partners that matter in Europe.
Americas 2003-06-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>The ironies of disclosure</strong><br> <bold>Both LPs and GPs are saying they have no problem with the wave of Freedom of Information requests flooding US
Europe 2003-06-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exit</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>BC Partners pips rivals for cable deal</strong><br> Deutsche Bank and BC Partners have reached agreement over the acquisition of TeleColumbus Group by fund
Investors adding value 2003-06-01 Staff Writer Few private equity fundraising professionals believe that their business will ever be quieter than it is right now. New commitments to private equity funds appear to have slowed to a trickle. A recovery is not expected before 2004.<br /><br />Many in
The Warsaw-based private equity firm has taken a 36 per cent stake in Polish credit card services business PolCard.