Fundraising

Americas 2003-09-01 Staff Writer <strong>Americas<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Collateral damage</strong><br> <quotation><bold>The ideological backlash to Enronitis is threatening to stifle America's entrepreneurial spirit, wit

Half-year results of the publicly quoted Standard Life European Private Equity Trust reveal an improvement of net asset value over the six months to 31 March.

The Swiss private equity group has sold a large enough part of its portfolio to CSFB Private Equity to enable it to repay a SFr325m loan to Swiss Life.

Drawing on advice from Capital Dynamics and Morgan Stanley, AIG has placed $250m in triple-A rated bonds backed by private equity fund investments as part of a $1bn securitisation.

As crisis talks with Swiss Life continue over the firm’s future, the Swiss private equity firm has sold its interest in a US venture partnership via the secondaries market.

Björn Savén is the chairman and CEO of Industri Kapital, one of the firms that pioneered big buyouts in Europe. Now raising its fifth fund, the firm is having to get used to the scrutiny that the new mood amongst private equity investors has instilled in the market. Philip Borel talked to Savén about investing, investments and investors in this environment.

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The Swiss insurance group has sacked the CEO and COO of its private equity unit as part of plans to withdraw from the asset class after branding it a non-core operation.

Private Equity Holding has secured its immediate future after Swiss Life agreed to extend a SFr325m credit facility beyond the 10 March expiry date.