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The little understood world of management due diligence
Call in the investigators?

In the private equity world, the term due diligence is most often associated with the verification of a target’s financial position and trading prospects. Yet, as it is so often said, private equity is a people business: so who, if anyone, does the...

The equity gap is widening for start-up businesses
Venture Capital: A growing equity gap

Recessions are often looked back on as golden ages for the venture capital industry, as the next generation of successful and innovative businesses rise from the ashes of economic collapse. However, speaking to attendees of this year’s Seedcamp last...

MJ Hudson recruits John Dyson

Funds expert John Dyson has been hired as a partner at MJ Hudson, in a move the company hopes will strengthen its position the private equity, hedge funds and alternative assets industry.

Banks will have to hold more cash under Basel III
Basel III: Capital requirements and the cost of leverage

The Basel III banking regulations took a major step forward over the weekend when central bankers agreed on the latest set of rules to prevent future financial crises. Higher capital requirements for banks have hit the headlines, but what effect will...

Football
Private equity and football: A poor match

The recently reported interest by Italian private equity house Clessidra for Serie A heavyweight AS Roma will come as a surprise to many – especially those that question whether the private equity model is really suited to football club investments....

AIFMD vote delayed yet again

The vote, initially scheduled for the week of 20 September, is now likely to take place in October, according to a French senior lawmaker.

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Matrix boosts placement team

The investment banking division of Matrix Group has hired Vincenzo Narciso as a partner in its London-based private funds group.

Asia increasingly attractive to European investors
Investments in Asia: Eastern Promise

European nations may have deep historical ties with the Asia Pacific region, but their GPs, and to a lesser extent LPs, have largely been late entrants to the region. This may be changing, though, as Asian Venture Capital Journal’s managing editor Paul...

New compromise on AIFM Directive
New compromise suggested on AIFM Directive

As Europe’s politicians return from the summer recess, negotiations over the final shape of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ (AIFM) Directive have resumed. A revised compromise on the Directive, issued by the new Belgian presidency, will...

Figures show UK mid-market improving
UK mid-market moves on up

The UK mid-market stats are in for the first half of 2010 and bullish observers will note that overall activity levels and value totals for deals in the £5-150m range have seen a constant rise since the nadir in the first half last year.