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Little big business

With the large buyout space pulling a virtual disappearing act, there is now room for the smaller sector to reign king. Deborah Sterescu looks at the status of the small-cap market and what its future holds

All's well that ends well

What a year 2009 has been. This time last year the market entered (what we hope was) the most frightening period of most private equity professionals' careers. LPs began threatening to default on capital calls, as others sent letters to GPs asking they...

EUROPE - AIFM provisions a 'trap' for the PE industry

The new remuneration provisions contained in a fresh re-draft of the EU Commission's controversial AIFM Directive, which could require up to 60% of managers' variable pay to be deferred, has been described as a 'trap' for the industry. Deborah Sterescu...

ITALY - Market remains strong despite downturn

Speaking at the unquote" Italia private equity congress, Mara Caverni of PricewaterhouseCoopers argued that the Italian private equity market remains in good health despite the big declines witnessed in the last year, emphasising that "activity has,...

EUROPE - “We’re on our way to next boom”

Speakers at this morning's unquote" Italia Private Equity Congress in Milan stressed that deals done in the next few months will reap stellar returns, but warned that the downturn may in fact prove too short.

DENMARK - KKR et al. prepare for TDC sale

KKR, Blackstone, Permira, Apax and Providence Equity Partners, the private equity owners of Danish telecoms group TDC, are reportedly meeting with banks this week to choose an adviser as they look to sell part of their stake in the business, which is...

UK - Maven reaps 50% IRR from sale of Cyclotech

Maven Capital Partners has wholly exited its investment in oil and gas company Cyclotech via a trade sale to M-I Drilling Fluids, part of the Houston-based M-I SWACO group, generating a return of more than 3x money and IRR of over 50%.