Fundraising

The Charme funda, a fund targeting Italian consumer brands and products, has held a first close at E110m.

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

ACR backs Finnish firm Radionet; Xcellsyz completes £1.2m round; Giza backs $10m second round

Hard hit by the market downturn, private equity funds of funds everywhere are bracing themselves for a period of sector consolidation, and the Swiss houses are right in the thick of it. Nicholas Lockley reports.

The total return swap has been used across a host of asset classes, letting one party secure stable returns whilst the other can acquire exposure to volatile but possibly far superior returns. Could it be done in private equity? To a growing number of advisers, the answer is yes.

Asia 2003-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>Asia<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>View to Vietnam</strong><br> <bold>Vietnam is Asia's second-fastest growing economy, but venture capitalists have been slow to move in. There are signs however th

Europe 2003-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>NIB to back Deutsche MBO</strong><br> Dutch private equity house NIB Capital is in exclusive negotiations with Ted Virtue, the New York based chief execut

What are companies doing looking to offer their employees private equity co-investment plans? Norman Leben of DML explains.