Pantheon Makes The Move To Latin America
Pantheon is the latest fund of funds to join the Latin American fray, hiring Wilshire veteran and Colombian native Jaime Londoño to lead investments in the region and set up an office in Bogota.
The Morning Leverage: Legislative ‘Time Bomb’ Ticking Away In Europe
A roundup of the morning's private equity-related news.
PE-Backed Media Companies Embrace The Digital Age
Is Print Dead? It’s the question every media company – and their investors – are asking themselves as the industry attempts to reshape business models to keep up with technology. A few companies, some owned and previously backed by private equity, discussed the topic of digitalization on a panel at investment...
The Morning Leverage: Doughty Hanson Co-Founder Dead At 54
A roundup of the morning's private equity-related news.
Foreign Issues, Not Domestic Policy, Highlights PE Pros’ Concerns at Wharton
PE pros aren’t terribly bullish outside the US nowadays. If the next problem to confront private equity doesn’t stem from a European currency collapse, asset class professionals seem confident their new big burden will come from somewhere far away from Washington. “We could see a little more pain in the short-term” in Europe, Carlyle managing...
Buyout Professionals Opine On Succession, Best Practices
As more U.S. private equity outfits are being handed over to their second-generation – and some to third-generation – leadership, the buzz around succession planning is growing ever louder. The process, underway for some time at certain firms, is gaining traction among private equity professionals, due in part to the difficult...
Politicians Are From Mars, General Partners Are From Venus
The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice's Joseph Rice share their insights with attendees of Columbia Business School's 18th annual private equity and venture capital conference.
Carlyle Drops Controversial Arbitration Clause
The Carlyle Group has dropped a controversial forced arbitration clause that would have stripped investors of the ability to hold the private-equity firm publicly accountable for fraud, misconduct or negligence in a court of law.
CD&R: Not Every Private-Equity Firm Wants To Go Public
While many private-equity firms have gone public, Clayton Dubilier & Rice won't be one of them, said chairman and co-founder Joseph Rice. It's "never going to happen for us," said Rice, speaking at the Columbia Business School's private equity and venture capital conference.
The Morning Leverage: This PE Play Involves A Powder Producer
Your morning roundup of private equity happenings covered in LBO Wire and elsewhere in the media.
Europe Presents The ‘Most Interesting’ Opportunity in 2012, Says Blackstone’s Tony James
- The News Journal/SUCHAT PEDERSON
- Tony James, president and COO of Blackstone
‘Ain’t It Funny?’ Ja Rule Bonding With Hevesi In Mid-State
What do the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System and Ja Rule have in common? They’ve both done time with Alan Hevesi.
