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Providence Equity Partners adds IT services veteran
08 Feb 2010
Media-focused private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has hired Renato DiPentima, the former president and CEO of New York Stock Exchange-listed...
UK’s Duke Street buys majority holding in Payzone
08 Feb 2010
UK private equity firm Duke Street has acquired a 69 per cent stake in Payzone Group, a European consumer payments acceptance network, in a €104m deal....
Bridgepoint acquires chemical analysis company LGC for £257m
08 Feb 2010
UK private equity house Bridgepoint has acquired LGC, a provider of chemical and biological analytical services and reference materials, from LGV Capital...
Matrix Private Equity Partners expands team with new investment manager
08 Feb 2010
Small London-based buy-out specialist Matrix Private Equity Partners has expanded its team with the appointment of Christopher Price, who joins the firm...
Montagu lines up €2bn BSN Medical IPO
08 Feb 2010
European mid-market firm Montagu Private Equity is eyeing an initial public offering for German bandages maker BSN Medical that values the company as high...
Moulton makes maiden Better Capital deal
08 Feb 2010
LDC leads UK mid-market growth table
05 Feb 2010
Terra Firma in crisis as EMI makes £1.5bn loss
05 Feb 2010
Working paper on the real effects of private equity investment, by the ECB
08 Feb 2010
Recent years have spurred interest in the role of private equity investment in the financing of small new firms. While banks are often reluctant to finance...
Islamic private equity funds, a Dechert report
08 Feb 2010
Private equity is a well developed asset class in the Western world that has also enjoyed tremendous success in the Middle East in recent years and funds...
Private equity activity in January 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR
08 Feb 2010
The value of global private equity was up 47 per cent year-on-year in January at $11.058bn but despite much talk of a return to form for private equity,...
Summary of Israeli high-tech company capital raising for 2009, according to IVC
03 Feb 2010
In 2009, 447 Israeli high-tech companies raised $1.12bn from local and foreign venture investors, 46 per cent below $2.08bn raised in 2008 and 36 per cent...
Technology M&A Review 2009
03 Feb 2010
2009 was some year. It started with the world economy toppling, world markets diving and a depression was forecast by many. However, a succession of bank...
Investment opportunities in the MENA region
27 Jan 2010
unquote” Private Equity Barometer Q4 2009
26 Jan 2010
Listed private equity – is now the time to buy?
19 Jan 2010
The Russian economy and private equity market in December 2009, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
15 Jan 2010
The social and economic impact of PE in China
15 Jan 2010
A call to arms for innovation: corporations must invest in venture-backed start-ups, writes Bob Ackerman
05 Feb 2010
America’s innovation engine is running out of gas. Corporations in the US have been slashing internal long-term R&D spending for decades and, most recently,...
Unleash small business to stir US job growth, writes Allegis Capital founder Bob Ackerman
02 Feb 2010
Historically, 70 per cent of job growth in the US has come from the small business sector – including the world of start-ups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. ...
Investments aren’t just for Christmas, writes Acrostic CEO Ray Maxwell
26 Jan 2010
As we move well away from the festive period and into the New Year, I’m reminded of the adage that “A dog is for life, not just for Christmas”. People...
Out of the abyss and into the limelight: M&A re-ignites the cycle of innovation
19 Jan 2010
A new year has begun and economy watchers ponder how much better it will be in the wake of an abysmal 2009. There is reason for guarded optimism in venture...
How investors can improve their RoI, writes Coller IP Management CEO Jackie Maguire
13 Jan 2010
What factors do venture capitalists consider when deciding to invest in a company? This is the topic of a new report entitled Management, Management, Management...
Founder of Allegis Capital Bob Ackerman on corporate venture issues and the move away from mega VC funds
01 Dec 2009
David Seligman, Managing Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select
05 Jan 2010
David Seligman on signs of a slow recovery for private equity investments, on the resilience of funds focusing on the lower end of the market due to lower...
Investor Profile: Clark Song, Investment Specialist, Genertec Investment Managers
15 Dec 2009
Clark Song on the private equity landscape in China, on the pitfalls of investing in the asset class in the country, and on the effects of western funds...
Investor Profile: Christophe Nicolas, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
08 Dec 2009
Christophe Nicolas on the flow of secondary deals in the lower end of the market, on the growing bubble in distressed debt investing, on the generation...
Investor Profile: Sipilä Samuli, Managing Director, Pohjola Private Equity Funds
12 Nov 2009
Sipilä Samuli on investing in the European lower mid-market, on the value of fund placement agents and on investors’ nous for putting money into funds...
Investor Profile: Duran Curis, Managing Director, Drum Capital
02 Nov 2009
Duran Curis on the interest in the special situations space, on the reason distressed debt investing is more attractive than the secondary market, and...
Investor Profile: Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Investment Director, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
29 Jul 2009
Investor Profile: Katharina Lichtner, Managing Director and Head of Research, Capital Dynamics
30 May 2009
Investor Profile: Markus Pauli, CIO of Alternative Investments, Local Government Pensions Institute
04 Mar 2009
Flash, HTML5, and Mobile Apps
07 Feb 2010, A VC
About a year ago, I wrote a post about Apple's "blind spot" for Flash. I took more heat for that post than anything else I've written here other than political posts. It opened my eyes...
Lightweight Advocacy
06 Feb 2010, A VC
I was at a board meeting of a non profit this week and the talk turned to "advocacy" and whether or not the non profit should be doing any of that. I had to ask what the definition of advocacy...
Kirin Ends Merger Talks With Suntory
08 Feb 2010, Japan Private Equity News
Wielding Iron Checkbook to Shape Cultural L.A.
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Forrester to analysts: you can blog, but...
08 Feb 2010, econsultancy
Deutsche Telekom and Investors: Stuck Together?
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Conflict With Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Edge
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Morgenson: This Crisis Won't Stop Moving
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Irked, Wall St. Hedges Its Bet on Democrats
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Affinity Planning New Asia Buyout Fund
08 Feb 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Barclays Hires 3 Bankers From UBS
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Kirin Ends Merger Talks With Suntory
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Brokerage Hopes for $2.5 Billion in Shanghai I.P.O.
08 Feb 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Jubilant Foodworks Lists At A Premium
08 Feb 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Open Angel Forum Is Off To A Great Start
08 Feb 2010, Feld
Wielding Iron Checkbook to Shape Cultural L.A.
08 Feb 2010, NYT Dealbook
Every metropolis has its power brokers, but only Los Angeles has Eli Broad, who dominates the arts there with a force that has no parallel in any major city.
Deutsche Telekom and Investors: Stuck Together?
08 Feb 2010, NYT Dealbook
Deutsche Telekom's foray into the United States has been costly for shareholders, and investors like the Blackstone Group are likely to remain disappointed, Breakingviews says.
