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TPG, Bain, Goldman exit Burger King as 3G pays $4bn
02 Sep 2010
Private equity firms TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have sold their 31 per cent stake in Burger King as the global hamburger chain...
European VC firm Prime Technology Ventures sells Nedstat stake to comScore
02 Sep 2010
European venture capital firm Prime Technology Ventures has sold its stake in web analytics and video measurement tool developer Nedstat to internet...
Crédit Agricole PE acquires Exclusive Networks
02 Sep 2010
The private equity arm of French retail banking group Crédit Agricole has acquired a 69 per cent stake in Exclusive Networks, a distributor of business-to-business...
Mid-market private equity firm LDC scales Mountain Warehouse deal
02 Sep 2010
Mid-market private equity firm LDC, a division of the UK's Lloyds Banking Group, has taken a significant minority stake in Mountain Warehouse, a retailer...
Navis Capital-led consortium shops for Carrefour Southeast Asia assets
02 Sep 2010
A consortium led by Malaysian private equity firm Navis Capital Partners has bid for some of the Southeast Asian assets of global supermarket chain Carrefour,...
3i cooking up Burger King deal
01 Sep 2010
3i tipped to sell Global Energy Services
01 Sep 2010
EnCap Investments targets $3.5bn for energy fund
31 Aug 2010
Roadmap for an IPO: A guide to going public by PwC
31 Aug 2010
Going public is a monumental decision for any company. It forever changes how a company goes about doing business. A public company has access to more,...
Half Year Report on Technology M&A by Clearwater Corporate Finance
31 Aug 2010
We kicked off 2010 with burgeoning feelings of hope and expectation. 2009 was finally consigned to a bunch of unpleasant statistics and deal volumes had...
On the suitability of the calibration of private equity risk in the Solvency II standard formula
24 Aug 2010
The drawing-up of the Solvency II prudential rules has become a major concern for the private equity industry. The capital requirements for private equity...
China M&A market: a review of factors driving economic and M&A activity
24 Aug 2010
Robert W Baird has established a presence in China with a dedicated team of professionals in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Baird’s professionals...
Private equity activity in July 2010, according to research firm ZEPHYR
17 Aug 2010
The value of global private equity investment doubled in July to a year-high of $26.758bn, up from $13.776bn in June 2010, despite a four per cent month-on-month...
The Russian economy and private equity market in August 2010, according to Aurora Investment Advisors
16 Aug 2010
Private equity allocations under Solvency II
16 Aug 2010
Asia Private Equity Review August 2010
13 Aug 2010
Private equity in 2010, a Rothstein Kass report
09 Aug 2010
unquote” Private Equity Barometer Q2
27 Jul 2010
Chris Freund of Mekong Capital on private equity investing in Vietnam
31 Aug 2010
Chris Freund, the founder and managing partner of Mekong Capital, met with AltAssets to talk about why he was initially attracted to opening a private...
Duff & Phelps managing director Frank Bollmann on the use of fair value in private equity
23 Aug 2010
Fair value has been heavily criticised for exacerbating the financial crisis. Some argue that marking assets to market promoted procyclicality at a time...
How the US improves other countries’ economies while hurting its own
17 Aug 2010
While the state of the US economy is suffering from one of the most devastating downturns since the Great Depression, some countries are actually enjoying...
Congress may be listening - FINALLY! Hope for the Silicon Valley start-up
03 Aug 2010
For some time, I’ve been conveying a chilling message: the US financial ecosystem for venture capital-backed start-ups is crumbling and placing the US...
Tim Green of GMT Communications Partners on industry specialisation in private equity
27 Jul 2010
Tim Green, managing partner at GMT Communications Partners, sat down with AltAssets to talk about the specialisation of private equity houses and why its...
Europe stakes claim for cleantech VC leadership
08 Jun 2010
VCs and the cleantech funding divide
03 May 2010
Private equity - beyond the recession
19 Apr 2010
Investor Profile: Charles Soulignac, Managing Partner, Fondinvest Capital
10 Aug 2010
Charles Soulignac on Fondinvest sticking to its guns by continuing to invest in the lower mid-market, on the proliferation of fund of funds players in...
Investor Profile: Sven Soderblom and Rod Evison of CDC
13 Jul 2010
CDC is the UK’s development finance institution. Owned by the UK government’s Department for International Development, CDC provide capital to invest...
Investor Profile: Varun Sood, Founder and Managing General Partner, Capvent
22 Jun 2010
Varun Sood on Indian private equity and its underserved opportunity, on the requisite qualities the country possesses that will foster the asset class,...
Investor Profile: Hannes Ambacher and Henry Owainati of Global Private Equity
01 Jun 2010
Hannes Ambacher and Henry Owainati on the narrowing bid-ask spread in the secondary market an subsequent effect on returns, on Central and Eastern Europe...
Investor Profile: Janna Laudato, Managing Director, Hauser Capital Markets
11 May 2010
Janna Laudato on the attractiveness of mezzanine in the current debt-deficient climate, on the draw of investing in the middle-market over larger funds,...
Investor Profile: David Seligman, Managing Partner, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select
05 Jan 2010
Investor Profile: Christophe Nicolas, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
08 Dec 2009
Cipla India to acquire 25% stake in CMM
31 Aug 2010, India PE
Cipla India is to acquire a 25 percent stake in the manufacturing division (CMM) of South Africa's third largest pharmaceutical group Cipla Medpro South Africa, it was announced on Tuesday. Ciplo Medpro...
Everstone Capital to raise $350m India logistics fund
31 Aug 2010, India PE
Everstone Capital, the India-focused private equity and real estate investor founded by two former Goldman Sachs executives, is seeking to raise up to $350m to invest in warehouses in India, according...
Internet Firms Spending Aggressively On M&A
02 Sep 2010, Japan Private Equity News
Is Falsely Being Accused Of File Sharing With An Automated Pre-Settlement Letter A Form Of Harassment?
02 Sep 2010, Tech Dirt
Qatari Shares Rise to 3-Month High on Global Growth Optimism; ADCB Gains - Bloomberg
02 Sep 2010, Middle East (UAE and GCC) Finance and Investment News
BDK Sells Valves Business To UK's Weir Group
02 Sep 2010, VC-CIRCLE
Two Lehman Estate Units Need a Rescue
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Touch screen UIs to kill the browser?
02 Sep 2010, Equity Kicker
Petrobras Strikes $42.5 Billion Deal for Brazil Fields
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Inconsistencies in Lehman Case
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Dubai P.E. Firm Buys First Sukuk in Britain
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Japan Drugmaker Otsuka Lines Up Banks for I.P.O.
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Goldman Finds Success Underwriting in Japan
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
G.M. to Start Roadshow After Midterms
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
Man Group Give GLG's Roman Top Post
02 Sep 2010, New York Times Deal Blog
PNM gets approval for New Mexico solar projects
02 Sep 2010, NewNet
PNM Resources has received approval to build 22MW of utility-scale solar power facilities throughout the US state of New Mexico, which are expected to be completed by the end of 2011.
Two Lehman Estate Units Need a Rescue
02 Sep 2010, NYT Dealbook
Two struggling units of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the bankrupt investment bank, need hundreds of millions of dollars in capital to stave off failure that could cost Lehman billions, court documents sh...
