Americas 2003-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> <bold>Monitor</bold></strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Secrets worth keeping?</strong><br> <quotation><bold>Regardless of what will eventually be decided by a Californian superior
A Greek fund of funds advised by Westport has raised E105m through an oversubscribed issue of government-backed debt notes.
Boasting one of the largest institutional venture capital fund portfolios in Europe, the European Investment Fund is having to permanently balance commercial investment considerations with its political mandate. Not an easy task, finds Ricky Morton.
More than enough has been written about the broken promise that was Germany's private equity market. The problem is: who made that promise? Not the local practitioners who continue to build out the franchise of the asset class not so much in spite, but because, of the tough times the economy is experiencing. Philip Borel visited Germany to find out who's doing what and why.
Americas 2003-09-01 Staff Writer <strong>Americas<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Collateral damage</strong><br> <quotation><bold>The ideological backlash to Enronitis is threatening to stifle America's entrepreneurial spirit, wit
The Swiss private equity group has sold a large enough part of its portfolio to CSFB Private Equity to enable it to repay a SFr325m loan to Swiss Life.
Drawing on advice from Capital Dynamics and Morgan Stanley, AIG has placed $250m in triple-A rated bonds backed by private equity fund investments as part of a $1bn securitisation.
The Polish private equity firm has paid $13.6m for a minority stake in LPP, Poland’s biggest fashion retailer.
As crisis talks with Swiss Life continue over the firm’s future, the Swiss private equity firm has sold its interest in a US venture partnership via the secondaries market.
With bank loans, bonds and other interest-related forms of finance off-limits to many Middle Eastern investing institutions, equity investments, including private equity, are the focus of activity. But Western private equity professionals seeking access to the vast capital reserves of the Middle East must first understand how shari'ah applies to the asset class. Simon Sheppard examines a distinctly Islamic form of compliance.