Continued keen interest in Asian private equity on the part of institutional investors has kept fund of funds managers very busy. But as economic growth weakens and capital deployment slows, the future holds some interesting challenges. Siddharth Poddar reports.
Nicholas Lockley finds recently re-branded UK mid-market specialist Silverfleet Capital content as the economy enters a wintry spell.
The hold time for venture investments now averages more than eight years. Western IPO markets have shut down. Investors and entrepreneurs may increasingly feel trapped. Amanda Janis reports on the venture industry's growing need for liquidity and the firms poised to provide it.
In today's secondaries market, many different sellers have many different motivations. By David Snow.
With valuations proving a point of contention between would-be vendors and acquirers, sales of private equity portfolios to secondary buyers have been relatively subdued in recent months. But the need to free up capital means action will have to be taken sooner rather than later - and that's why secondaries specialists believe a highly productive period lies ahead. Andy Thomson reports.
In the past three years, Permira has transformed itself into a global buyout player. In charge of the mega-firm's daily operations today are Kurt Björklund and Tom Lister, co-managing partners since the start of 2008. In June, they explained their roles to Philip Borel, and talked about challenges and opportunities in the marketplace.
Despite the credit crunch, the global office markets are still on an “upward trend,” according to a report by real estate services firm, Colliers International. The emerging markets continued to record strong growth in the sector.
The drive to reduce carbon emissions is bringing about profound change in the business world. Sam Richardson argues that alternative assets will not be immune from the effects.
Financial sector stocks have fallen, causing many to wonder whether a handful of high-profile private equity deals were ill-timed.
Strong appetite for a new fund of funds included investors looking to switch out of larger funds and into the mid-market.