Monthly Archives: October 2008
PwC warns buyout model increasingly difficult
Private equity firms need to concentrate more on the integration of their acquisitions in order to generate returns from the buy-and-build model, as the lack of available debt has made… Read more
Management eyes Lehman private equity arm
The management teams in Lehman Brothers’ private equity division, which was excluded from the $2.2bn (€3.1bn) sale of its Neuberger investment management unit to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman… Read more
Rough ride for private equity funds
Private equity funds’ returns might drop by more than half as firms struggled to reap profits from companies acquired at the peak of the leveraged buyout boom, Scott Schoen, the… Read more
Considering Africa beyond the frontier of possibilities
CHANGE is in the air. Africa is finally attracting attention as a viable investment and business destination, rather than merely a repository for good intentions and international aid. Yet most… Read more
Aureos Capital raises new private equity fund
MAURITIUS-domiciled Aureos Capital, a private equity fund manager, says its new fund, which raised $253,5m last month, seeks to tap “superior risk-adjusted returns” in Africa. Aureos Capital said SA was… Read more
