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Candover story: Media picture lacks clarity
The announcement by Candover Investments plc that it is abandoning new investments to focus on returning cash from the sale of its remaining portfolio assets has certainly grabbed many...
Q&A: The evolution of due diligence
Due dilience can be a time consuming process, and seems to be taking longer since the crisis. Emanuel Eftimiu talks to Dr Joachim Scholz of Rothgordt & Cie about the increased emphasis on due diligence in the current environment.
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01 Sep 2010 | 
Dealflow: Autumn boom expected after slow summer
As the summer holiday season draws to a close, Europe’s private equity market is set to pick up. While activity has slowed significantly in some regions, industry players are expecting a boom deal doing in the coming weeks and months.
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26 Aug 2010 |
Exits: Private equity IPO prices fall
With a number of high-profile exits so far this year, selling companies has been a hot topic, particularly after the many difficulties of 2009. However, the IPO market has been difficult for private equity players, and new figures show just how tough...
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25 Aug 2010 |
Turnaround investments: A waiting game
With the UK economy sliding into recession at the beginning of last year, many expected 2010 to be the year of turnarounds. So far though, the flurry of deals has not materialised. Greg Gille investigates
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24 Aug 2010 |
Exits: Carving out value
With exit maximisation key in today’s economically unstable times, a number of private equity funds have recently chosen to sell their assets in smaller chunks, in the hope of attracting more specialist buyers. John Bakie reports
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23 Aug 2010 |
Luxury brands: Private equity's leadership challenge
Towerbrook’s plan to sell Jimmy Choo this year for an estimated £500m, more than twice its value three years ago, highlights the significant benefits that can be reaped from investing in the luxury apparel sector. However, the deal also brings to the...
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20 Aug 2010 |
Banks seek to make hay while the sun shines
Looking around Europe’s buyout markets, it is clear that some banks are well and truly back in the game. But the recent rise in deal completions, including those at the top end of the scale, masks an altogether more complex marketplace. Julian Longhurst...
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19 Aug 2010 |
German buyouts: the giant stirs?
Despite encouraging macroeconomic signs and increasing buyout activity elsewhere, the level of deal completions in the German buyout market remains well below par. What chances are there of an up-tick in this giant market? Julian Longhurst investigates...
unquote | 18 Aug 2010
Q&A: Funds-of-funds and direct investments
Emanuel Eftimiu speaks to Marc Brugger, managing director of fund-of-funds LFPE, about the pros and cons of direct investing and the difficulties facing private equity funds-of-funds in the current environment.
DACH unquote |
18 Aug 2010 |
Solvency II criticised for ‘inappropriate’ stress test
European regulators have come under fire for choosing an “inappropriate” way to measure the stress caused by private equity investments on insurance companies. Research from Partners Group suggests the regulator’s favoured method of calculating private...
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17 Aug 2010 |
Private equity haunted by pre-crisis deals
As AA and Saga are hitting the headlines once again, private equity it seems is being haunted by the ghosts of 2007’s exuberance. While the years preceding the financial crisis saw some of the largest private equity-backed deals of all time, many of...
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16 Aug 2010 |
Growth capital: Quietly rising
As mega-buyouts slowly return to the scene, most media attention is focused on the high end of the market to see if it will maintain momentum. However, the biggest improvement for 2010 may well be a rather more low-key affair. Greg Gille reports on...
UK unquote |
13 Aug 2010 |
Stress tests open up Spanish bank opportunities
Recent banks stress tests have revealed private equity investment opportunities in Spain, with some of the country’s largest banks seemingly ripe for picking.
Southern Europe unquote |
12 Aug 2010 |
The return of the mega-buyout
Mega-buyouts of over €1bn are on their way back following a drought of activity during the global financial crisis, according to unquote” research. Signs of life are starting to appear at the very top-end of private equity investing, but Europe’s buyout...
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11 Aug 2010 |
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