June 2014 Issue

While exit volumes in Latin America fell last year, the uptick in the IPO market bodes well for local GPs, according to a study.

Pro-tennis player Novak Djokovic gets involved in private equity.

Terra Firma's Guy Hands speaks out on operational value add at PEI's Operating Partners Forum.

First round on Former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joining the private equity industry.

The Oregon Investment Council is leading the GP fee fight-back

Indonesia has seen a significant drop-off in interest in the last year. However, now entrepreneurs have less bargaining power, GPs say the deal environment has improved. By Clare Burrows.   

If a GP hasn’t already developed a genuine operating model, it may be too late to start now, according to LPs at PEI’s Operating Partners Forum. By James Taylor.   

In emerging markets, LPs may need to go against the conventional wisdom to identify the best managers

A new paper suggests that contrary to popular opinion, investing in private equity via listed vehicles can actually be more fee-efficient than using a traditional LP structure. By James Taylor.  

Bridgepoint doubled CABB’s EBITDA in three years, proving that operational strategies can still deliver growth even with a tertiary 

Private equity firms — and public market investors — seem increasingly hungry for investment opportunities in the US restaurant sector, writes Graham Winfrey.  

Online technology may be everywhere these days — but M&A payment processes remain stubbornly old-fashioned. That could be about to change, writes Bailey McCann.  

The leveraged loan market is red-hot – but participants insist that concern about a possible correction is misplaced

LACERA may have decided to increase its allocation to Latin America — but most of its peers have limited exposure to the region, and are showing little inclination to change that, writes Chelsea Stevenson.   

Permira, one of Europe’s best-known large buyout firms, seems to be making serious waves in the venture heartland that is Silicon Valley, writes Bailey McCann. 

Pye utilises his hitherto-unseen charms to persuade a banker to spill Tamara's secrets

With €1 billion of capital to commit p/a, Allianz Capital Partners has become one of Europe’s most influential LPs.

The CEE region has not had an easy few years. But five industry experts tell PEI why the region should not be overlooked