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Top Brass Marches Out
Francois Rowell looks at the implications of key-man departures for large buyout firms
Split LP universe
Market talk suggests the power balance has shifted in favour of LPs. Thomas Wold, investment director at Storebrand, shares his views with Rikke Lilla Eckhoff
GPs must re-invent, LPs must invest
Europe's GPs must change their ways to emerge successful from the current market conditions, and need LPs to back them in order to do so. This was the theme at the fourth annual Deutsche unquote" Private Equity Congress in Munich. Mareen Goebel and Kimberly...
A long and winding road
Rikke Eckhoff talks through 20 years of private equity with industry pioneer and veteran Bjorn Saven, founder and executive chairman of IK Investment Partners
Good business
Though environmental, social, and governance-driven investing may be winning more advocates - highlighted by signataries to the UN's PRI - we may still be a way from systematic implementation of a responsible investment strategy that goes beyond a commercial...
Tough time
Over the last month, the media have been aghast at the pace of bank collapses. Foul winds have blown in from the US and reached Europe, hitting the largest countries spectacularly. This time the crisis collided with Benelux head-on as failed insurer and...
Glorious fizz
The rentree is off to an exceptional start with Blackstone and Lion Capital recording the largest exit (of the few) in France so far this year after they agreed on the sale of Orangina Schweppes Group to Suntory for EUR2.57bn. Both private equity houses...
Double-dipping
The number of private equity exits in 2008 virtually fell of a cliff compared with 2007, according to a study by advisory firm Ernst & Young. The figures come as no surprise, yet the questions looms whether or not the industry is prepared for the implications...
What the future holds
The worst of the storm may be behind us, with investors regaining their appetite as IPO markets slowly start opening up. Indeed, Madrid-based travel agency Amadeus, backed by Cinven and BC Partners, has hired Rothschild to advise on its planned flotation...
Investing in recovery
Germany has officially emerged from the recession and economists continue to correct their predictions upwards. The green shoots theory gains traction, with the staunchest optimists seeing Germany as well-positioned to recover - and even outpace the rest...
FRANCE - Finorpa and Unigrains provide Demex with EUR 2.5m
French regional investor Finorpa SCR and Unigrains, a French investors focusing on agricultural related industries, have backed packaging and distribution company Demex with EUR 2.5m. The company's founders and management, Isabelle Lioene and Christophe...
FRANCE - Mid-market valuations drop further
According to Argos Soditic's H1 Mid-Market Index 2009, the valuations of unlisted mid-market companies in the euro zone have fallen for a fourth consecutive semester to its lowest level since the index was launched in December 2004.
FINLAND - Pöyry plc's Salminen joins CapMan's adviser network
Finnish private equity firm CapMan has appointed Teuvo Salminen, deputy president of the consulting and engineering company Pöyry plc, to its adviser network, starting January 2010.
GLOBAL - KKR appoints Levin as head of IR; merger with KPE expected Thursday
KKR has appointed Jonathan Levin to the newly created position of head of investor relations, a move designed to prepare the private equity firm as it becomes a publicly listed company.
UK - NBGI Ventures et al. invest £9m into Quanta
NGBI Ventures, Seroba Kernel and Wellington Partners have co-led a £9m series-A round of funding for home haemodialysis systems developer Quanta Fluid Solutions, alongside investor network BrainsToVentures.
CEE - Mid Europa acquires 64.6% of Invitel; de-leverages company
Mid Europa has agreed to acquire an approximate 65% stake in Hungarian telecommunications and broadband operator Invitel Holdings A/S from majority shareholder TDC.