Forward-looking fund managers are preparing their portfolio companies for life in a deteriorating economic and financial climate, delegates at PEI’s Asia Forum in Hong Kong learned.
After a tough year in 2007 providers of the hybrid form of debt are likely to capitalise fully on the disappearance of competition to finance leveraged buyouts.
Private equity veterans and blank cheque executives lauded the merits of special purpose acquisition companies at a conference today in New York, but warned the challenge is finding the right deal within a set time frame.
Russell Read looks to become an environmental rainmaker after a two-year stint at the $244bn US pension.
Eastern and Central European countries with programs encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.
Eastern and Central European countries with programmes encouraging public-private partnerships are more likely to obtain infrastructure investments than their Western European neighbours, a study finds.
The UK bank has written down £5.9bn in leveraged loans, structured credit vehicles and US residential mortgages, as it embarks on a £12bn rights issue and looks to shore up its weak balance sheet.
The diversified firm, jointly led by Charles Kaye, has surpassed its target by 25 percent, as investors look to emerging markets and growth capital for returns.
The credit-card services company is pursuing a $170m break-up fee for the second time, as the mega-buyout firm calls the suit ‘just as spurious as the first one’.
The global buyout firm has closed one loan fund while reportedly fundraising for another, as it looks to capitalise on credit market turmoil.