Fundraising

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
Italian sentiment: fundraising, leverage largest challenges
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
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
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
Q&A: The state of fundraising

Q&A: The state of fundraising

Greg Gille talks to Antoine Dréan, founder, chairman & CEO of independent private equity placement agent Triago, about the current market.

unquote | 26 Aug 2011 | secure
PE law firms look east for expansion

PE law firms look east for expansion

Large numbers of law firms are beefing up their private equity teams both in Europe and Asia, with fund formation specialists and Mandarin speakers in particular demand. Susannah Birkwood...

unquote | 25 Aug 2011 | secure
Proskauer Rose poaches three for funds team

Proskauer Rose poaches three for funds team

Proskauer Rose has poached three private equity fund structuring professionals from rivals Kirkland & Ellis and SJ Berwin in recent days, in anticipation of increased fundraising activity...

unquote | 28 Jul 2011 | secure
DACH fundraising on the up

DACH fundraising on the up

Fundraising activity in the DACH region has increased over the past 12 months. Diana Petrowicz explores the trends in the fundraising climate

DACH unquote | 07 Jun 2011 | secure
Unigestion hits €190m for secondaries; €70m for Environmental Fund

Unigestion hits €190m for secondaries; €70m for Environmental Fund

Unigestion has reached a final close of €190m for its Secondary Opportunity Fund II LP, unquote” can reveal.

unquote | 07 Jun 2011 | secure
On the road again

On the road again

Fundraising of course is the name of the game at the moment. After a two year lull, many houses are already on or expected to hit the fundraising trail this year. EQT is currently looking...

unquote | 18 May 2011
Austria: High PE demand held back by lack of funds

Austria: High PE demand held back by lack of funds

While investors in Germany are experiencing a lack of companies willing to sell in the primary market, the situation in Austria is quite the opposite. An increasing demand for equity...

DACH unquote | 09 May 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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Reports & statistics

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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