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Carlyle names HR head for Europe and MENA
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has named Annie Paydar as head of Human Resources for the European and MENA regions.
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 ТЃ 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
unquote" Fund Administration Report 2009
An introduction to the fund administration market
Q1 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Total value of transactions was just тЌ4bn, the lowest quarterly total since 1996
Q2 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Market rallies as green shoots appear
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 Europeтs private equity community faces a potential crisis in the coming year, in the form of EUR 397bn of debt in need of refinancing .
EUROPE - Vestar promotes nine
Vestar Capital Partners has made in three promotions across its European offices.
The banks are back ... or are they?
A lack of leverage does not persist. By Deborah Sterescu
Impotent revolution
Despite calls for an upheaval to fundraising terms, things are set to change incrementally at best as guidelines prove little more than wish lists. Kimberly Romaine reports
Q3 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Recovery gathers momentum as stabilisation continues
EUROPE - Nordic Mezzanine holds EUR 320m close of third fund
Nordic Mezzanine has held a final close of Nordic Mezzanine Fund III on EUR 320m, an increase in fund size of 30% compared to its predecessor.
FRANCE - Sofinnova Partners leads EUR 3.3m investment in Celsius
Sofinnova Partners has backed Paris-based specialised mobile phone producer Celsius with EUR 2.2m, in funding round raisinig a total of EUR 3.3m. AGF Private Equity provided EUR 500,000 while a number of private investors completed the funding with a...
EUROPE - EVCA appoints Roberts to chief commercial officer
EVCA has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly created position of chief commercial officer.