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Goldman triumphs at Advisory Awards
Advisers to Europe's buyout community gathered at Banqueting ... The awards, which recognised the achievements of advisers ... Melissa Rice, a vice-president in Goldman’s financial sponsor ... Goldman also shared the award for Buyside Mandate ... Sellside mandate of the year went to Lehman...
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Overseas capital floods into Latin America
Latin America is receiving a record amount of ... Last year, total private equity investment into Latin ... Last year, 70% of it was destined for ... Middle Eastern groups do not want to invest ... In June, US-based private equity group Crescent Asset ... And in May, Ithmaar Bank, a Bahraini Islamic...
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Banks and brokers receive record private equity investment
Private equity firms invested $5.5bn (€3.7bn) in seven ... Deals so far this year include TPG’s $2bn ... There was a $4.5bn across 11 investments in ... The growth of investment in the banking sector ... Distressed banking investments include TPG’s WaMu capital injection...
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UBS settles dispute
UBS has settled a court case against the ... The case was brought against UK buyout group ... The firms allegedly withheld consent for UBS and ... A UBS spokeswoman said: “Commercial terms have been ... It is unclear if Société Générale, which launched ... RReef declined to comment. Terra Firma and Tank...
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Lehman asset sale in 'next few days'
Lehman Brothers administrators PwC said they hope to ... Dan Schwarzmann, a partner at PwC and a ... He added that it was the administrators duty ... He said: "We are in discussions with potential ... Private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Hellman ... -- write to Matt Turner at mturner@efinancialnews.com...
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Private equity experts predict further gloom
A spirit of gloom descended upon a gathering ... Several leaders of the private equity community said ... Mark Patterson, the co-founder and chairman of MatlinPatterson ... Hugh MacArthur, senior partner at Bain & Company, ... In a straw poll, two thirds (67%) of ... Steven Miller, managing director at Standard & Poor’s...
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Listed funds fall out of favour with investors
Speculation as to which could be the first ... But despite the headline-grabbing values wiped off individual ... Rather than writedowns, the greatest concern for listed ... The LPX50, an index of the 50 largest ... This compares with a near 5% rise in ... Listed firms with exposure to larger buyouts have...
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Lehman's Neuberger Berman sale to go ahead
Lehman Brothers Holdings is still soliciting bids for ... Speaking at the weekly meeting of Lehman Brothers ... Lehman expected to receive five bids from for ... One person said that CVC Capital Partners was ... The auction was originally for a 55% stake ... On Monday, Meissner said the whole business was...
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Firms set to earn up to $9bn in ‘dry powder’ fees
Private equity firms could earn as much as ... Buyout firms have amassed $450bn of committed money ... Preqin estimates private equity firms could be paid ... Private equity firms usually earn between 1.5% and ... The management fees would partially offset an expected ... Jos van Gisbergen, senior strategist of alternative investments...
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Goldsmith to raise £100m for clean energy
Ben Goldsmith’s Wheb Ventures is aiming to raise ... The fund is close to securing its first ... Ben Goldsmith is the son of the late ... He is one of four Wheb partners. The ... McNaught-Davis said: “We are aiming for a portfolio ... A report published by the European Sustainable Investment...
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Blitzer's attacker says prosecution 'malicious'
A Florida man accused of attempting to extort ... After a court appearance in Manhattan on Wednesday, ... Instead, Ross said he found himself in handcuffs ... "We believe this (prosecution) is totally unlawful and ... Ross said Blackstone used its influence to get ... Peter Rose, a Blackstone spokesman, described Ross's comments...
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Political uncertainty threatens green investing
Private equity and venture capital investment in the ... Buyout firms and growth capital providers have joined ... This has led to a significant increase in ... Jefferies, which held its fifth global clean technology ... "To facilitate such commitments, investors need clear, predictable...
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German venture firm misses fund target as investors pull back
German early stage investor Earlybird Venture Capital has ... Earlybird closed its fourth fund on €127m ($189m), ... Rolf Mathies, a managing partner at Earlybird, said: ... However, he added: “I am very optimistic. A ... New investors in Earlybird's fund include Japanese gas...
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Hedge funds buffer Blackstone results
Revenues from the Blackstone Group’s hedge funds buffered ... Blackstone reported net economic profit of $99.9m (€64.8m) ... Net economic profit does not include compensation payouts, ... The decline comes mostly from a slowdown in ... Blackstone’s corporate private equity revenues, for instance, declined...
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KKR still short on latest European fund
US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which last ... The firm said its KKR Europe III fund ... In April, sources close to the process said ... One data provider said some top firms had ... However, an investor in its fund said KKR’s ... Last week, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, started its attempt...
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Swiss private bank affiliate raises €300m for new fund
LODH Private Equity, a subsidiary of Swiss private ... The firm, which does not have a hard ... LODH Euro Choice IV will target European lower...
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Private equity infrastructure fundraising rises five-fold in two years
Private equity infrastructure fundraising has increased by five ... According to data provider Private Equity Intelligence, unlisted ... A record number of funds are also on ... The report follows news by Private Equity News ... 3i’s listed infrastructure fund launched a £114.6m (€144.3m)...
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Ashmore adds nearly $6bn to assets
Ashmore Group is looking to raise at least ... The emerging markets fund manager has taken $3bn ... Inflows, which included $1.2bn in the final quarter, ... Booth said Ashmore's latest private equity and distressed ... Ashmore raised $1.4bn for its third special situations...
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Entrepreneurs bemoan government intervention
Senior executives at UK-based small to medium-sized companies ... According to Bowmark Capital, a lower mid-market private ... Tax has become a significantly heavier problem than ... The survey also found that nearly a third, ... But despite worsening economic conditions, 98% said they...
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Guy Hands fights £17m tax loss from film investment scheme
Guy Hands, the chief executive of UK buyout ... Hands is one of 75 investors who claim ... The investors were encouraged to invest in a ... However, Hands said he had to repay more ... Through a company called Little Wing Films, Hands ... Giving evidence yesterday, Hands said in a witness...
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