A South Korean court has found the head of Lone Star's Seoul office guilty of stock manipulation, further delaying the firm's exit from its KEB investment.
Private equity investors investing in infrastructure need to manage their public image carefully.
<italic> Nicholas Lockley , editor of PrivateEquityOnline.com, looks behind the recent headlines on the web.</italic> 2008-03-01 Staff Writer One of the pleasures of covering an asset class in depth comes from watching it evolve over time. Mostly this is an incremental process of small changes in
Turnaround firms are eyeing up changing economic conditions with high hopes of a boom for the type of deals they relish, Toby Lewis finds.
As an economic downturn threatens, limited partners are not abandoning the mid-market. They are, however, scrutinising fundraisers for evidence of differentiation. Tim Chapman reports.
Those anticipating a Turkish buyout market of substance will have taken encouragement from the BC Partners-led acquisition of Migros in February, says Toby Lewis.
Funds of funds are busily bulking up their investment teams – despite the expected market slowdown. By Philip Borel.
As former mid-market funds extend their deal size reach, opportunities are opening up in the space they have left behind.
<italic>JPMorgan Asia Pacific, the former home of CCMP Capital Asia, is rebuilding its principal investment operation in the region.</italic> 2008-03-01 Staff Writer After the spinout of CCMP Capital Asiain 2005, JPMorgan's activities as a merchant bank operating in Asia Pacific were markedly dim
With the rest of Europe's large buyout market mostly quiet, Turkey has started making some noise. The balance sheet strength of local banks lies behind the anomaly.