As regulators keep up their pursuit of Lone Star officials, it's easy to form the impression that Korea is hostile to private equity. Think again.
The world's biggest private equity firm needs more money, fast.
Private equity real estate investors are rushing into Brazil in search of heavenly returns. But amid the aura of political and economic stability, the emerging market risks continue to loom large. By Paul Fruchbom
The private equity firm and the merchant bank have teamed up for a second time for this $56.2m effort.
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.
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.
In October, Merchant Equity Partners, a new private equity firm launched by former Deutsche Bank executive Henry Jackson to invest in struggling European businesses, completed its first transaction with the PTP of the loss-making retail unit of MFI Furniture Group in the UK. The firm acquired the unit for a nominal £1, with up to £73 million of follow-up investment by 2008. The terms of the deal also included an entitlement for the company, rebranded as Galiform, to a minimum of five percent of any sale proceeds in excess of £300 million over the next five years. Here, Jackson talks about the deal and how it fits into Merchant Equity Partners' investment strategy.