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EI backs wind energy newco

Enterprise Investors has invested €40m in Polish wind farm newco Wento.

CEE unquote | 03 Feb 2012

Jersey launches private placement scheme

Jersey has introduced a private placement scheme for institutional and professional investors.

unquote | 27 Jan 2012 | secure
Debt providers: “One-stop shops” gaining ground

Debt providers: “One-stop shops” gaining ground

Faced with a tough bank lending environment, PE houses are increasingly turning to “one-stop shops” to leverage their deals. Indeed, alternative debt providers are looking forward to...

unquote | 20 Jan 2012 | secure
Could mega fundraisings cause Nordic dry powder problem?

Could mega fundraisings cause Nordic dry powder problem?

International investors have driven Nordic fundraising to unprecedented levels, but will deal flow keep up with the dry powder? Sonnie Ehrendal investigates.

Nordic unquote | 19 Jan 2012 | secure
Dechert opens in Frankfurt; poaches Mayer Brown partner

Dechert opens in Frankfurt; poaches Mayer Brown partner

Private equity specialist Dr. Benedikt Weiser will join Dechert next month from Mayer Brown, where he was head of the firm’s German Private Investment Funds group.

DACH unquote | 18 Jan 2012 | secure

Krokus invests in LOTOS Parafiny

Krokus Private Equity has backed the MBO of LOTOS Parafiny from LOTOS Group.

CEE unquote | 13 Jan 2012

EBRD launches €100m technology venture fund

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a venture capital programme for the technology sector.

CEE unquote | 09 Jan 2012
Volume of buyout vs venture fund launches

Volume of buyout vs venture fund launches

In 2010, launches of venture funds surpassed buyout funds for the first time in 5 years, but the gap has narrowed in 2011.

unquote | 09 Jan 2012 | secure

Access Capital Partners closes fund on €500m

Access Capital Partners has held a final close of its fifth European small- and mid-market fund-of-funds, Access Capital Fund V Growth Buy-out Europe (ACF V), on €500m – above its initial...

France unquote | 09 Jan 2012 | secure
IK Investment Partners hit by carried interest row

IK Investment Partners hit by carried interest row

The Swedish tax authority's battle over carried interest taxation continues as another player is drawn into the feud. Sonnie Ehrendal investigates.

unquote | 06 Jan 2012 | secure

Summit Partners holds final closing of venture fund on $520m

Summit Partners has announced the final closing of the Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund III on $520m.

unquote | 06 Jan 2012 | secure

Summit Partners' eighth fund closes on $2.7bn

Summit Partners has announced the final closing of Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII on $2.7bn.

unquote | 06 Jan 2012 | secure

Carlyle acquires Turkish education provider

The Carlyle Group has acquired a 48% stake in Bahcesehir Koleji Education Group.

CEE unquote | 04 Jan 2012
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
Leverage in 2012: liquidity still a concern

Leverage in 2012: liquidity still a concern

The latter months of 2011 have been characterised by diminishing liquidity and a great deal of volatility in financial markets, and it is these two interplaying factors that will perform...

unquote | 15 Dec 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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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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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

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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

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