PEI Staff
The publicly traded business development company has acquired France’s synOdys Group for $72 million in its second-largest investment to date.
Leveraged loans in Europe are being repaid earlier than ever at the moment. This is causing problems for managers of collateralised loan obligation funds. Deal Mechanic explains why
With a new transatlantic mezzanine and equity fund in the making, his firm continuing to push into Central Europe plus a raft of extracurricular activities, life is anything but dull for Mezzanine Management's Rory Brooks. Philip Borel reports
David Chamberlain, the former managing director of private equity at Swiss alternative asset manager Unigestion, has joined Zurich-based placement agent Palomar Capital Advisors as managing director.
Sovereign Capital, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has completed the £22 million institutional buyout of Herts Care Group, the provider of crisis care homes for children.
Citigroup Venture Capital has agreed to buy the non-memory division of Hynix Semiconductor after more than a year of negotiations.
The Boston-based growth equity specialist has recapitalised Global Cash Access, a Las Vegas company that provides ATMs and other services to the ‘gaming industry.’
Though venture capital activity is dwarfed by its neighbour to the south, Canada has taken steps toward realising its full entrepreneurial potential. By Art Janik
High above midtown New York, a group of distressed debt specialists recently exchanged views on how to turn peril into profit. They debated strategic points related to control versus passive investing and operations enhancement versus forensic credit analysis. But our distressed pros' ultimate goals are identical: buy unusually low, sell somewhere north of there. David Snow chronicles the crossfire
In the past, distressed debt investors have swooped on targets in the US with considerable success. Europe, and particularly Germany, are now looking increasingly inviting too. Andy Thomson reports