Performance
Listed FOF coup: Mantra seeks Alpha
The latest bout of shareholder activism involves the well known Guy Wyser-Pratte and an attempt to dethrone Alpha Associates as manager of listed fund of funds Private Equity Holding.
Nordic unquote" Private Equity Index
The inaugural Nordic unquote" Private Equity Index, in association with KPMG, shows;
unquote" Annual Review 2013
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We're all above average
One Nordic adviser told me recently, "We have more than doubled our number of billing hours since Easter."
Fees: GPs surrender to LPs
After years of GPs and LPs operating under a standard relationship model, asset managers are beginning to balk under the LP pressure for increased transparency and fee reductions as institutional investors become more aggressive in cutting costs. Gail...
Making concessions
Early indications of the results from a recent survey conducted by Nordic unquoteт and SVCA, looking at the private equity industry 10 and 25 years from now, suggest the community is already lowering expectations for the future.
Swedish PE-backed companies higher growth than peers
A recent study by the SVCA and Ernst & Young show that private equity-backed companies in Sweden perform better than its peers.
LPs throw out the old for the new
It is now common knowledge that fundraising for private equity funds this year will be tough to say the least. Many, however, do not realise just how tough. News reports this week suggest that LPs are now considering severing ties with some GPs altogether...
To SBO or IPO, that is the question
Recent evidence has shown that for good companies the barren exit market of last year has been replaced by a tug-of-war between viable divestment routes, writes Emanuel Eftimiu
Germany's importance to grow as private equity recovers
Germany’s significance in terms of overall European private equity is set to increase in the coming years, with international funds indicating that they will target the region more over the next five years. Mareen Goebel reports.
Trouble ahead
Industry LPs reveal their sombre side, predicting that a quarter of all private equity fund managers will go out of business and a tenth of investors could default on capital calls. By Ashley Wassall
Default rates double; set to escalate further
For years bearish professionals have been warning of imminent and widespread defaults. Now it seems they are upon us, with double-digit default rates expected within the year. Kimberly Romaine reports
Testing times
Without covenants to offer early warnings, GPs are trawling their portfolios - today's defaults may be the tip of the iceberg
Beauty or the beast?
Private equity's bad rap has spread from trade unions to vendors to Brussels. The industry will overcome this for myriad reasons: its attempts to stave off negativity; its ability to efficiently execute deals and, most of all, the fact that sellers may...