Regulation

The French private equity house has agreed to back a E100m buyout of the French technology components manufacturer, marking the firm’s eighth investment.

Apollo Management, Soros Private Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have invested $350m to take a majority stake in Cablecom, the Swiss cable television company.

Delegates in London at the Private Equity COO & CFO Forum have revealed that relations with their limited partners have taken a darker turn.

Two US-educated Arab entrepreneurs have set up a $100m fund for investment in the reconstruction of Iraq.

Now that prospective investors in private equity funds are approaching the due diligence process with the same rigour as GPs have applied to target portfolio companies, there are some important infrastructure issues a GP has to address. Steven Millner of DML looks at what a GP has to do to make sure an LP is going to be satisfied.

The Japanese venture firm has announced the second cutback from one of its VC funds, the fifteenth reduction of its kind since the beginning of 2002.

The Finnish private equity investor has closed its latest split-focus fund on E253m, below the original target of E300m.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced today that it has expanded its online disclosure of private equity investments.

Carlyle Group has increased its European investment team to 18 with the announcement of two senior appointments.

Few people need reminding that the paucity of IPO exits is a bad thing. Could the process be made easier and better - wonders Joe Bartlett. The result of his musings are some very practical suggestions as to how things could be improved: from the role of analysts to the fees charged by advisors.