Analysis
Avoiding the herd
Deborah Sterescu speaks to George Anson, managing director of HarbourVest Europe, on everything from the importance of a keeping an investment strategy to the difficulties in transacting a secondaries deal ..
Next move?
Upheaval in the markets and the streamlining of operations has resulted in an increased number of qualified professionals looking to join the ranks of private equity. But this doesn't necessarily make it easier for prospective employers
Lorenzo Lorenzotti - ACG Private Equity
Francois Rowell speaks to Lorenzo Lorenzotti, managing director of ACG Private Equity, about LP/GP relationships and opportunities in the CEE region
Jockeying for position
A private equity landscape in subsidence, a barren fundraising market and stateside-kickback scandals: placement agents are having to change their modus operandi. By Ashley Wassall
Trouble ahead
Industry LPs reveal their sombre side, predicting that a quarter of all private equity fund managers will go out of business and a tenth of investors could default on capital calls. By Ashley Wassall
Caution ... is key
Director of private equity at SVG Advisers, Sam Robinson, speaks on LPs' decreased appetite for risk and the need to make vehicles more efficient in this economic climate. By Sam Robinson, SVG Advisers.
LP/GP relations - No more Mr Nice Guy?
There is a general feeling that all is not well in LP land, with fees increasingly becoming an area of concern and a swathe of defaults thought to be around the corner. AVCJ chairman emeritus Dan Schwartz discusses the issues facing institutional investors...
Latvia in focus
A grim macroeconomic outlook has dominated the headlines from the Baltics of late. Nordic unquote" invited Latvian Venture Capital Association chairman and BaltCap investment manager Astra Neimane to give her thoughts on private equity prospects in Latvia...
Norway ventured, Norway gained
Government-backed LP Argentum has published its venture returns, showing that, despite common belief, stable and good returns can be made from venture investments. By Rikke Lilla Eckhoff
Regulating away from trouble
Francinia Protti-Alvarez talks to Ad van den Ouweland of Robeco about LP/GP relationships and the role that responsible investment principles can play in private equity's future
Beneath the surface
Francois Rowell looks at current pressures between portfolio company creditors and their private equity owners
Due diligence: Levelling the playing field
In a market dominated by distressed sales and complex restructuring operations, the role of intermediaries has taken on renewed significance, writes Ashley Wassall
In rude health
The is currently something of a buzz around the healthcare sector, but there may not be opportunities for all. By Ashley Wassall
From self- to over-regulation
Dr Markus Schackmann and Dr Angelika Yates of Luther examine the proposed EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and its expected impact on the German private equity industry
Back to the Roots
German private equity is fighting a battle on several fronts and a number of disturbing trends have emerged over the last few months that could shape the industry for years to come. Mareen Goebel reports
Secondaries Salvation
The swathe of money pumping into secondaries will prove a savior, not a bubble. Cash-rich specialists can help teams looking to spin out of distressed parents, as well as borderline LPs pushed over the edge this autumn as GPs call in capital. By Kimberly...
GP diligence
Deborah Sterescu speaks to Helen Steers, partner and head of European primary investment at Pantheon Ventures, on issues ranging from backing new fund managers to heightened due diligence in today's climate
Erring on the side of caution
Banks' unwillingness to lend is largely to blame for today's deal freeze. As they loosen the reins on leverage again, might their newly adopted uber-cautious approach continue to hold things up? Deborah Sterescu investigates
Corporate bees-iness
The downturn has hit all areas of private equity - including corporate finance. But despite a volatile market, corporate finance advisory firms are still keeping busy. Is this an indication of things to come? Deborah Sterescu investigates
Q and A: Due diligence
Diligence is back on priority lists, with partners - not just targets - the focus. Deborah Sterescu talks to Chris Grove, corporate finance partner at BDO Stoy Hayward, about the new challenges for due diligence advisers in today's climate
Tide of capital has gone out
Deborah Sterescu asks Dr Jim Strang, director of fund investments at Dunedin Capital Partners, about today's challenging fundraising climate
Ram-shackled
Following the hostile response to the EU Commission's proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive by private equity trade bodies, unquote" invited five prominent lawyers to share their views on the impact the new legislation could have on...