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Tackling transparency and disclosure through data
While GP monitoring of portfolio companies becomes more sophisticated, LPs are demanding more granular insight into individual fund performance. The increasing demand for performance information begs several important questions: What data is required?...
Iceland's venture scene soon to erupt
Iceland may have been at the forefront of the financial crisis, but its start-up activity is beginning to boom. Karin Wasteson investigates
Regional UK players closing the gap on London market
Life outside London
Recipes for success in Asian markets
PE in Asia
Family offices seek surge in deal origination
Family offices
Pricing secondaries: complex process or pure guesswork?
Pricing secondaries
German VCs saying: "Ich bin ein Berliner"
For firms looking to set up shop in Germany, selecting the right city can prove challenging. Amy King argues the case for heading to Berlin
unquote" Awards: Call for entries
UK Awards
High-yield Q&A: Lloyds' Ian Brown and David Whiteley
High-yield Q&A
Waiting for the direct lenders
Direct lenders
August Equity hits £100m first close
August Equity's ТЃ100m first close brings it more than halfway to its ТЃ180m target for Fund III.
UK consumer sector exits at record levels
The number of UK consumer goods assets divested by private equity firms is at its highest level in 10 years despite the continued desolation suffered by the consumer market.
Monetising life sciences deals
Life sciences
Turnaround deals hit five-year low
Turnaround deals
AP6's Swartling on strategy, regulation and CSR
Karl Swartling, CEO of AP6, discusses the Swedish government’s Langensjö inquiry into state pension funds and its recommendations for drastic saving measures. How will it affect AP6 and how best to prepare for the changes?
Swedish venture faces critical funding gap
When it comes to venture capital, opportunities abound in Sweden. Yet, despite the success stories, a critical funding gap threatens the future of the industry. Amy King reports
PE and trade players neck-and-neck on mid-market pricing
Mid-cap valuations
Q1 Barometer: Deal value hits four-year low
Q1 Barometer
The end of the Nordic dream?
Buoyant economies and market-beating returns have long made the Nordics top of LPs' wish lists. But a slowdown in exit activity combined with an increase in capital chasing deals may indicate tougher times ahead.
Advent steps back from CEE: Interview with Joanna James
Advent in CEE
Sovereign wealth funds to shape the future of PE
Sovereign wealth funds will be a major LP group in 20 years’ time, according to a panel at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2013. Amy King reports
LP Interview: Hermes GPE's Alan MacKay
LP interview
German activity sluggish despite mega-deals
German activity