December 2005 / January 2006 Issue

MIDDLE-MARKET KINGDOM 2006-01-01 Staff Writer Not many buyouts have been done in China, but if judged by the number of recent visits to the country by US private equity market participants, interest is red-hot. In November, for example, Ohio-based private equity firm Blue Point Capital

How alternative investment pros came to trade blows in a London hotel.

Editor's letter 2006-01-01 Staff Writer 2005 is drawing to a close, and the private equity industry is looking back on a year filled with superlatives. Deals closed, debt raised, new funds formed, balance sheets loaded – you can look at the buyout business from many different angles, chances are you'll come

Editor's letter 2006-01-01 Staff Writer 2005 is drawing to a close, and the private equity industry is looking back on a year filled with superlatives. Deals closed, debt raised, new funds formed, balance sheets loaded – you can look at the buyout business from many different angles, chances are you'll come