Fundraising

Duke Street shelves €850m fundraising plans

Mid-cap GP Duke Street has abandoned plans to raise a €850m vehicle, instead turning to a deal-by-deal fundraising model.

unquote | 01 Feb 2012 | secure
Italian sentiment: fundraising, leverage largest challenges

Italian sentiment: fundraising, leverage largest challenges

A recovery for the Italian market is not expected until 2013 at the earliest, according to a recent poll - but the backdrop brings with it fresh prospects.

Southern Europe unquote | 03 Jan 2012
Fund T&Cs: Tailored fit

Fund T&Cs: Tailored fit

With many GPs currently hitting the fundraising trail – and many more to come – should terms and conditions follow a gold standard to attract investors? Greg Gille investigates

unquote | 01 Dec 2011
Carlyle spin-out Resource doubles fund in top-up

Carlyle spin-out Resource doubles fund in top-up

The appeal of a handful of firms belies the dearth of LP appetite for private equity.

CEE unquote | 30 Nov 2011 | secure
AtriA spinout a precursor for 2012?

AtriA spinout a precursor for 2012?

Edouard Thomazeau and Thibaut de Chassey - two former partners at French GP AtriA Capital Partenaires - have launched a new mid-cap firm. De Chassey talks to Greg Gille about the firm’s...

unquote | 11 Nov 2011
Navigating a fundraise

Navigating a fundraise

Forget much of what you’ve learned. Wooing LPs nowadays follows few preconceived truths, requiring instead a lot of patience and creativity. Kimberly Romaine reports

unquote | 07 Nov 2011 | secure

France Télécom and Publicis launch €300m VC fund

French companies France Télécom and Publicis intend to jointly commit €150m to a new venture capital fund focusing on internet businesses.

unquote | 07 Nov 2011 | secure

GPs targeting larger funds - study

Around two fifths of GPs believe that their next fund will be larger than the current one, according to research from Investec.

unquote | 07 Nov 2011 | secure

Abacus acquires Portal Fund Administration

Abacus has acquired Isle of Man-based Portal Fund Administration Limited, expanding its service capacity.

UK unquote | 01 Nov 2011 | secure
Fundraising evolves for a difficult climate

Fundraising evolves for a difficult climate

While public financial markets remain punch drunk from the latest series of downgrades, debt crises and bailouts, private equity has, by necessity, been slowly emerging from one of its...

unquote | 26 Oct 2011 | secure
DACH Congress: Fundraising targets €7bn

DACH Congress: Fundraising targets €7bn

Despite a sombre economic backdrop, DACH private equity deal doers are remarkably upbeat, with two thirds of today´s unquote" Congress in Munich convinced that LP appetite for the region...

DACH unquote | 11 Oct 2011 | secure
NIBC Bank spin-off holds €100m first close

NIBC Bank spin-off holds €100m first close

Avedon Capital has held a first close of its NIBC Growth Capital Fund II at €100m.

Benelux unquote | 26 Sep 2011 | secure
unquote” summit: 75% of historical LP base impacted by regulation

unquote” summit: 75% of historical LP base impacted by regulation

Greg Gille reports direct from unquote's 20th anniversary private equity summit in London.

unquote | 22 Sep 2011 | secure

LeBoeuf beefs up restructuring team

Dewey & LeBoeuf has poached a two-partner restructuring team for its London offices from rival law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe.

UK unquote | 22 Sep 2011 | secure

‘Crowded market’ prompts fund administration merger

The merger of two firms to create the largest fund administration business in Guernsey has been attributed to the excessive number of companies in the market.

UK unquote | 21 Sep 2011 | secure
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France unquote" January 2012

Troubled French mid-cap GP AtriA Capital Partenaires has merged with counterpart Naxicap.

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UK & Ireland unquote” 8 January 2012

The EU is proposing changes to the directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) that would impose Solvency...

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Benelux unquote” November/December 2011

Secondary buyouts will dominate the market for the foreseeable future, say 47% of respondents to a Grant Thornton survey. It is...

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Deutsche unquote” November/December 2011

Around two fifths of GPs believe that their next fund will be larger than the current one, according to research from Investec.

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Southern Europe unquote” November 2011

Spain was again home to some of Europe’s largest deals in October, with two deals valued at several hundred million euros.

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Nordic unquote" October 2011

After a promising start, buyout activity in Europe might slow down even further in the fourth quarter of 2011 and risks falling...

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Regional barometer 2011

unquote" Regional mid-market barometer

The latest unquote" Regional mid-market barometer, produced in association with LDC, shows both volume and value recovered in 2010...

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European Buyout Review 2011

European Buyout Review is the premier reference resource for private equity investors, advisers and leveraged financiers in Europe.......

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Nordics unquote

Nordic unquote” Private Equity Index 60-second survey

Halfway through 2011 the Nordic private equity market has remained on its recovery path with improving macro indicators and healthier...

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candoverbarometer

unquote" Private Equity Barometer - Q4 2010

Preliminary figures released today in the Q4 2010 unquote" Private Equity Barometer (published by unquote" and sponsored by Candover...

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South Africa Report 2011

unquote” South Africa Report 2011

The latest unquote" South Africa Report is now available to download. This year’s edition looks at the prevailing trends in the...

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UK activity dips in final quarter

The UK private equity market dipped in the final quarter of 2010, despite widespread optimism, according to the latest unquote”...

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