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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
Merry Christmas from the unquote” team

Merry Christmas from the unquote” team

At the end of this busy year for the private equity industry, the unquote” team wishes all our readers a merry Christmas a happy New Year.

unquote | 23 Dec 2011 | secure
The year that was 2011: Spinouts and technocrats

The year that was 2011: Spinouts and technocrats

The past year has been perhaps the most turbulent since the financial crisis hit. While there has been plenty of activity and a return of large deals, the Eurozone crisis has certainly had......

unquote | 22 Dec 2011 | secure
The year that was 2011: Funds launch amid Eurozone crisis

The year that was 2011: Funds launch amid Eurozone crisis

The past year has been perhaps the most turbulent since the financial crisis hit. While there has been plenty of activity and a return of large deals, the Eurozone crisis has certainly had......

unquote | 21 Dec 2011 | secure
The year that was 2011: Mega-deals and key man clauses

The year that was 2011: Mega-deals and key man clauses

The past year has been perhaps the most turbulent since the financial crisis hit. While there has been plenty of activity and a return of large deals, the Eurozone crisis has certainly had......

unquote | 20 Dec 2011 | secure
The year that was 2011: EMI saga ends, ISS woes continue

The year that was 2011: EMI saga ends, ISS woes continue

The past year has been perhaps the most turbulent since the financial crisis hit. While there has been plenty of activity and a return of large deals, the Eurozone crisis has certainly had......

unquote | 19 Dec 2011 | secure
Rumour roundup: what to expect in 2012

Rumour roundup: what to expect in 2012

With 2012 just around the corner, the market is abuzz with rumours. Sonnie Ehrendal takes a look at what to expect in the coming year.

unquote | 16 Dec 2011 | secure
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
Falling listed fund valuations hint at secondaries boom in 2012

Falling listed fund valuations hint at secondaries boom in 2012

Listed private equity funds are suffering from lower valuations in 2011. This is likely to have broader implications for investors in private equity funds looking to divest, and the secondary......

unquote | 14 Dec 2011 | secure
UK & France level on deal values as year ends

UK & France level on deal values as year ends

The UK and France look set to end the year neck-and-neck on deal value, while Germany has seen a major push in the venture space. With 2011 drawing to a close, how do Europe’s regions......

unquote | 12 Dec 2011 | secure
LBOs: Tighter fiscal regulation ahead

LBOs: Tighter fiscal regulation ahead

As the economic outlook looks dire across Europe, governments appear keen to increase fiscal pressure on private equity. Sonnie Ehrendal investigates

unquote | 09 Dec 2011 | secure
Growth funding: is it all downhill from here?

Growth funding: is it all downhill from here?

Expansion and early-stage deal numbers declined steadily in Q3 2011, leaving the industry expecting a grim final quarter of the year. Anneken Tappe reports

unquote | 07 Dec 2011 | secure
LP/GP relations: Communication breakdown?

LP/GP relations: Communication breakdown?

Both GPs and LPs agree that good communication is a key factor in fundraising – yet both sides seem to overrate their own efforts, according to a recent Acanthus survey. Greg Gille reports......

unquote | 06 Dec 2011
UK & Ireland unquote" out now

UK & Ireland unquote" out now

The latest digital edition of UK & Ireland unquote” is out now, featuring all the latest analysis, deals and exits in the region.

UK unquote | 05 Dec 2011 | secure
Mega-buyouts fail to recover in 2011

Mega-buyouts fail to recover in 2011

This week, KKR announced what is likely to be one of the last large-cap deals of the year with its $1.12bn secondary buyout of Capital Safety Group (CSG). But how has 2011 as a whole stacked......

unquote | 02 Dec 2011 | secure
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As reported in the last issue of unquote” analysis, French deal-doers had reason to cheer in 2011.

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Germany has recently reformed its insolvency law with the introduction of ESUG, the Act for Further Facilitation of the Reorganisation......

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CVC’s sale of StarBev is the second strong exit so far this year in CEE – the flotation of AVG on the NYSE was the first PE-backed......

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“This is going to cost me a general strike,” said the Spanish prime minister, commenting on his labour reforms.

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Despite reputational, regulatory, and macroeconomic concerns lingering from the second half of 2011, the Nordic private equity market......

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For a long time, women have been underrepresented in the financial services sector, particularly in leadership roles.

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Business now needs to fuel future growth in order to get the UK's economy moving again, according to the latest Ernst & Young's Item......

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