Twenty years after the record-setting buyout of RJR Nabisco, the deal still stands as a prime example of private equity operating at extreme capacity. Will mega-LBOs of 2006 and 2007 be as influential? And will they, like RJR Nabisco, ultimately disappoint? David Snow compares two bygone boom eras
The repercussions of the financial turmoil will be profound, say Roberto Paganoni and Ivan Vercoutere of Swiss private equity and hedge fund manager LGT Capital Partners. But does this mean some sort of doomsday reckoning for private equity? Far from it, they insist: the asset class may even emerge from a testing period with its reputation enhanced. By Andy Thomson
After the tech bubble burst in 2000, VC funds shrank dramatically – and so did their management companies. Both venture and buyout firms may now have to take a page out of that textbook as fundraising slows to a crawl. By Jennifer Harris
With banks reining in their lending, and the financial crisis seeping through to high streets around the world, where can consumers turn if they want to take out a small loan? One German company is offering peer-to-peer loans, writes Toby Mitchenall
Credit woes finally strike Asia, as a handful of big-ticket private equity deals are scrapped
Commentary on the month's hottest private equity stories by Amanda Janis, editor of sister website PrivateEquityOnline.com
How a KKR and TPG consortium lost a bidding war withWarren Buffett for a US utility – despite offering $1.5bn more
PEI recently caught up with Virginie Morgon, co-head of the investment team at Paris-listed private equity firm Eurazeo, and finds her anticipating deal flow from forced divestments over the next 18 months
NORTH AMERICA NEWS CONTINUED<br/>FUNDS AND BUYSIDE 2008-11-01 Staff Writer Paladin Capital Group has closed its third <bold>homeland-security</bold> fund on $340 million. The Washington DC firm is led by former CIA head James Woolsey, as well as a former director of the US National Security
Most European leveraged finance market participants predicted 2008 would usher in more conservative transactions and protection for lenders. Standard & Poor's credit analysts TaronWade and PaulWatters find emerging evidence for this