Toby Mitchenall
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.
Matthew Hudson, formerly of SJ Berwin and Coller Capital, has founded a law firm which will charge fees based on clients’ success rather than billable hours.