Toby Mitchenall
The challenge of getting individual investors into the asset class is spurring plenty of innovation, yet the simplest solution – listed private equity – appears to be losing its shine.
How can private equity be expected to deliver 2.5x and a 20% IRR in this environment?
Tony James told a London audience Wednesday night that Blackstone's real estate investment business had ‘several advantages’ over private equity.
The Swiss giant’s global expansion continues. New York-based Karin Hallin will head up a new office in São Paolo, Brazil.
The £220bn US public pension system will allocate 63% of its assets to its ‘growth’ pool of public stocks and private equity holdings.
Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has hired two German M&A veterans to man its first office in the country.
Money is flowing into the emerging markets. But don’t be fooled: these economies can take it, writes Toby Mitchenall.
Cavendish Square Partners, the Coller-backed owner of the former Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance private equity portfolio, has begun divesting its assets with the £450m sale of Vue Cinemas to London-based Doughty Hanson.
After initially approaching Brit Insurance in June, Apollo has agreed a takeover deal with the board of the company by joining forces with CVC.
A final draft of the AIFM directive is close to agreement and its latest form is ‘something the industry can work with’, according to the head of EVCA.