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Around E360m have already been raised for the new vehicle, which is expected to close at E450m at the start of 2002.

The $50M German corporate venture operation is looking to bolster the logistics services of its parent business Deutsche Post World Net.

The rating agency has launched a CDO performance assessment programme in a move welcomed by CDO managers.

Up to 80 per cent of the economic capital put into an LBO doesn't come from private equity funds: it is provided by banks as debt. Given the pivotal role leverage has to play, what's the present state of the leveraged finance market? Robin Burnett reports.

Royal London, the £26bn asset manager, has teamed up with industry veteran David MacLellan to raise a £200m private equity fund.

The beleaguered fund plans to cease all activities in December 2004 but in the meantime has law suits, restructurings and attempted exits to sort out.

Down Rounds Syndrome: A Roundtable Discussion 2001-11-23 Staff Writer <i>This week Letter from America is by David J. Blumberg of Blumberg Capital.</i><br><br><a href=http://www.privateequityonline.com/LetterAmerica.asp?ID=1851>Part 1 of this article</a> looked at "Down

The latest stage in this long-running saga sees the company making a $1.46 charge per share as a result of writing off $30m from its FLV Fund Korea. It still expects to recoup the capital in a court case.