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Kick off 2009
With deal flow having been effectively reduced to a slow trickle by the end of 2008, it's 2009's turn to stutter it into life. CDC Capital Investissement (CDC CI) signed off on the first and only LBO of the year so far with the purchase of a majority...
60 seconds - Henri Isnard - ARCIS
Francois Rowell meets the co-founder and managing partner of Anglo-French investor ARCIS, to ask how the credit crunch has affected the secondaries market. ARCIS have just closed their fourth fund on EUR354m
Follow the leader - again
Permira is letting its investors scale back. The move is wise, as it benefits many, and is first to market