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The Brave New World for Private Equity Investors

March 30, 2009

The global economic crisis has churned up the private equity world, not only for PE firms but also for the primary investors in the asset class. A recent Wall Street Journal article looked at how a ranking of the most influential European private equity investors reveals a seismic shift in power, now that private equity […]

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Private Equity Firms May Adapt Better to the Current Environment

March 16, 2009

Private equity may be better able to adapt to today’s tumultuous environment than other asset classes, due to the long-term nature of private equity investments and the influence that private equity managers have over entry and exit decisions. That’s the view of Peter Pfister, recently named managing director of private equity at Deutsche Bank’s Asia-Pacific […]

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Private Equity Positioned to Lead Economic Recovery

March 9, 2009

Private equity is “smart money” that can bring the kind of sustainable and fundamental improvements companies need to pull themselves out of this financial crisis. That’s the opinion of Rami Bazzi, Senior Executive Officer at Injazat Capital Limited, a leading asset management and investment bank in Dubai, UAE. Bazzi told Emirates Business that private equity […]

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Private Equity Firms Fare Better in Tough Times

February 23, 2009

Private equity firms are better able to make the difficult choices necessary in a downturn, such as shutting down poorly performing businesses. That’s according to a report by the World Economic Forum, as reported in the Financial Times. The report was based on a study of thousands of companies from 1980 through 2005. The report […]

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Private Equity Industry Brushing Up Its Image

February 17, 2009

The Private Equity Council, an advocacy group made up of 13 of the largest buyout firms, is adopting a new set of guidelines for an industry tarnished by recent Wall Street excesses. The new guidelines cover environmental, health, safety, labor, governance and social issues. Among the highlights of the 9 new guidelines are industry commitments […]

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Private Equity Jobs More Stable in Crisis

January 5, 2009

Several private-equity-backed companies have gone bankrupt or are teetering on the edge (Linens ‘N Things and Chrysler, for example). And other large PE firms such as Blackstone Group and Fortress Investment have seen their stock prices plummet in 2008. Nevertheless, compared to investment banking, relatively few people in private equity have actually lost their jobs, […]

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Reverse Brain Drain Could Lead to a Private Equity Boom Overseas

December 18, 2008

U.S. immigration policies and the financial crisis are pushing many of the best-educated and successful minds in finance back to their home countries of India and China, reports the Globe and Mail. A new large-scale study of 1,200 Indian and Chinese returnees that’s due out next month shows the majority of those returning home have […]

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