Philip Borel

The emerging markets-focused firm has already invested 12% of the fund, which will limit its use of leverage to deals in South Africa and Southeast Asia.

Concern is mounting that EU legislators will introduce new rules for financial services in general that will do disproportionate damage to private equity in Europe.

Private equity is well positioned to cope with the credit crunch, but its main worry is what comes afterwards, writes Philip Borel.

Is the market too bearish on listed private equity funds? Philip Borel examines the issue.

Olivier Lecler has been appointed CEO of Société Générale Asset Management’s alternative investment platform.

The bank’s private equity arm is the lead investor in an agreed equity purchase in Breitenfeld, a niche steel producer in the Austrian region of Styria.

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.

The Brussels-based trade body has unveiled a new research platform to provide “neutral, bias-free” data on private equity and venture capital activity in Europe.

There is no reason why private equity pay should be publicly disclosed, writes Private Equity International's Philip Borel.

There is no reason why private equity pay should be publicly disclosed, writes Private Equity International's Philip Borel.