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TA Associates promotes seven
US-based TA Associates, has promoted seven members of its staff, effective January 1, 2010.
Q&A: LPs take direct route
Deborah Sterescu speaks to Ben Hewetson, director of Teachers’ Private Capital in London on the merits of direct investing.
Endless refinances Crown Paints with £25m of new debt from RBS
Turnaround investor Endless has agreed to a refinancing of portfolio company Crown Paints Limited, the UK's largest decorative coatings manufacturer, which will see RBS inject £25m of new facilities into the business.
Yield of dreams: unquote" explores high yield
Interview with Peter Schwartz, capital markets partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
SBOs replace IPO hopes as KKR snaps up Bridgepoint’s Pets at Home
IPO maths don't add up as KKR completes £ 950m Pets at Home secondary. Rikke Eckhoff reports.
Change in attitude needed for future fundraising
New stats reveal 5-year low in fundraising; co-investing needed to lure LPs. By Emanuel Eftimiu
South Africa as an emerged private equity market
Unquote's Kimberly Romaine talks to Ethos' Ngalaah Chuphi and SAVCA's J-P Fourie for an update on the South African market.
unquote" Nordic Report 2009
An overview of the Nordic private equity market over the last 10 years
unquote" Fund Administration Report 2009
An introduction to the fund administration market
Hutton Collins refinances Windsor with new debt from Cydesdale
Hutton Collins Partners has agreed a refinancing of portfolio company Windsor Limited, the insurance broker, which will see Clydesdale Bank inject new senior debt facilities into the business.
Q1 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Total value of transactions was just €4bn, the lowest quarterly total since 1996
Q2 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Market rallies as green shoots appear
Impotent Revolution
Changes to fundraising terms in 2010
unquote" Q4 Barometer: activity stalls as uncertainty prevails
Investment stalls as economic uncertainty returns
Healthcare: the sector to watch
A seemingly recession-resilient sector attracts capital in the downturn. By Deborah Sterescu
Institutional LPs - still in the game?
Canadian LPs lead the push towards direct investing. Deborah Sterescu reports
Investment stalls as economic uncertainty returns
Figures from the just-released unquote" Q4 Private Equity Barometer reveal a stagnation in private equity investment activity as economic optimism wears thin.
European Fundraising Review
The essential guide to fundraising in Europe
EUROPE – €400bn refinancing crisis looms
Global advisory firm AlixPartners has released new figures today that suggest Europe’s private equity community faces a potential crisis in the coming year, in the form of EUR 397bn of debt in need of refinancing .