KKRâs First Data files to go public
Years after being taken private in one of the biggest leveraged buyouts on record, First Data files papers to return to the public markets
View ArticlePowder stays dry as private equity struggles to spend
Investors have committed a record amount of cash to private equity firms in Europe over the past two years but the firms are struggling to spend it
View ArticleStates and cities to ask SEC to beef up disclosures for private equity firms
About a dozen comptrollers and treasurers from around country sign letter to SEC demanding action
View ArticleDutch buyout industry under a political cloud
A senior politician in the Netherlands is calling for legal controls on private equity deals
View ArticlePGGM secures its biggest ever buyout
Dutch pension fund manager has been taking more control of its private equity investments since selling its stake in fund of funds AlpInvest Partners in 2011
View ArticleHead of â¬2bn private equity unit exits German asset manager
Well-known executive at Hamburg-based Feri Trust has left to join a private equity advisory firm
View ArticleAres and Kayne Anderson plan to combine
New investment firm would have $113 billion of assets under management
View ArticleGSAM and LGT pick up $700m of StanChart private equity assets
UK bank sells investment portfolio to Wall Street firm and alternatives manager, and plans sale of another chunk in the coming months
View ArticleAlcedo eyes fourth fund
Italian lower mid-market private equity firm sets sights on â¬175 million for latest vehicle
View ArticleChinaâs GSR Ventures plans $5bn fund for overseas tech acquisitions
Fund will target technology companies for which Chinese market is key to growth prospects
View ArticleShadow banking sector defends use of debt-on-debt structure
Banks, lawyers and debt fund managers play down EBA concerns in a consultation on shadow banking
View ArticleGoldman-backed instant messaging company seeks new investment
VC funds and financial firms canvassed for fresh funding round that could garner $1 billion valuation for Symphony Communication
View ArticleBuyout firms get creative to spend their money
Current conditions are forcing private equity firms to seek more imaginative ways to deploy their cash
View ArticleArle seals another Candover exit
The sale of Fokker brings Arle closer to fully exiting its legacy funds so that it can refocus its efforts on future investments
View ArticleCarlyle collects â¬3.75bn for European fund
US private equity firm's latest fundraising took more than two and a half years, but improved appetite in past 12 months pushes vehicle to its upper limit
View ArticleApollo hit by steep drop in deal profits
Investment firmâs earnings fell in its private equity, credit and real estate segments
View ArticleCarlyle and Apollo find selling easy, but buying less so
Private equity firms reckon with high stock prices that make sales lucrative but purchases expensive
View ArticleEuropean bar to US fund marketing stays
Passport rules would make it easier for US private equity and hedge fund managers to market their funds to investors in Europe
View ArticleThe end of the private equity superheroes
The big private equity personalities of yesteryear are being replaced but investors think that is no bad thing
View ArticleCarlyleâs problem, according to Carlyle: Too much demand
The Washington DC-based firm has benefited as cash-rich institutional investors look for places to park their capital
View Article