Nicholas Lockley
According to a report an Investcorp-backed printing company may write off up to £300m of its debt as part of a restructuring.
Ian Taylor is leaving the firm he transformed to play more golf and to work on his property interests.
The fourth deal of the year for the Italian mid-market firm takes them closer to launching fundraising as its current fund is 80 percent committed.
Blenheim Advisors’ latest research advises clients to ensure they get the most leverage for the best terms, before default rates cause the European debt markets to tighten. By Nicholas Lockley.
The University of Michigan’s Wolverine Venture Fund is incubating the next generation of venture capitalists, and it has ‘about the same rate of return as most professional funds’. By David Rapp.
UK technology manager has established a dedicated VC secondaries fund in an industry first with two deals already in the portfolio.
Neil Darke, a director at UK broker Collins Stewart, gave measured support to the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report, which warned of the danger of increased coporate debt as companies review the amount of leverage in their balance sheets.
The Paris-listed private equity manager has targeted external investors for the first time to give the group additional deal-doing capacity and to create a new revenue stream.
Leveraged loan investor Babson Capital has rolled out its first dedicated mezzanine fund as pricing begins to settle against background of interest rate uncertainty.
While groups like New York’s Avenue Capital are seeing distressed opportunities increasing around the world, China is currently grabbing most attention. Andy Thomson finds out why.