Fund Management

On a sunny Manhattan morning in April, five senior investment professionals representing five major institutional participants in the private equity market gathered around a table at The Yale Club to talk shop. On issues ranging from the secondary market to private equity securitisation to the best opportunities going forward, Chuck Flynn, Michael Granoff, Thad Gray, Sheryl Schwartz and John Wolak agreed to disagree with eloquence, wit and authority.

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Asia 2003-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>AsiaMonitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Carving a niche</strong><br> <bold>The mezzanine market in Asia remains in its infancy, but a couple of players are determined to be first in line to bridge the funding gap i

Americas 2003-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>AmericaMonitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>The operating guys</strong><br> <bold>Buyout firms are going out of their way to prove to investors that they have the necessary operational expertise to improve the b

Through his investment business EXOR, the legendary Fiat chairman and industrialist, who has died aged 81, played an important role in private equity spanning three decades.

Europe 2003-04-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Investment up while fundraising slows</strong><br> European private equity investment reached its second highest annual level last year, according to data

Americas 2003-03-01 Staff Writer <strong>AmericaMonitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>The Benz factor</strong><br> <bold>Auto industry executives know something about secondary transactions which private equity professionals might want to pay attention

Limited partners' search for liquidity in private equity has provided structured product specialists with their best opportunity yet to prove they can change the face of the asset class. Expectations are running high, but what's needed next is evidence that private equity securitisation really works. Now is the time for the industry to deliver the deals. Philip Borel reports.

Americas 2003-02-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Leaders of the fee world</strong><br> <bold>The management fee now finds itself the subject of some hostility. Investors question whether this particular f

Europe 2003-02-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Klesch buys Dynegy's European unit</strong><br> UK distressed specialist Klesch & Company has bought Dynegy's entire European broadband unit as the st