Private Equity/LBO News

Ashmore Investment, the fund management subsidiary of Ashmore Group PLC and an emerging markets specialist said on June that it is launching its fifth special situations fund, to... 2008-06-24

Unisteel Technology, a manufacturer of computer disk-drives parts, has agreed to be acquired by US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) through its special purpose company... 2008-06-13

Greylock Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund, has hired ex-Bear Stearns executives to aid in the establishment of four new funds. Ajata Mediratta, Greylock's new Senior... 2008-06-12

A consortium of state-backed investors is preparing to invest up to US$9.8bn into UK and European commercial property. It was reported on Tuesday that a group comprising Qatar National... 2008-05-29

Morgan Stanley has announced plans to set up a private equity fund in India from May 1, headed by former ICICI Venture director Aluri Rao. The plans reflect the scale of investment... 2008-04-24

With so few major private equity deals going through, and so many hitting the buffers, the timing of the launch of JPMorgan's new DealVault product could be better. It certainly couldn't... 2008-04-07

With LBO financing looking as dismal as ever, The Blackstone Group seems to be expanding its investment in real estate. Blackstone, which runs the world's largest buyout fund, closed... 2008-04-04

The slow-motion car crash that is the Clear Channel buy-out rumbles on without any obvious indication of how or when it will end. The latest dramatic move in the deal between the... 2008-03-28

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has revealed it is to put together an in-house venture capital firm, Best Buy Capital, to search out and invest in new technology as it comes... 2008-03-20

As global private equity firms reel from losses sustained in a deteriorating credit market, with private equity-backed mergers, buyouts and IPOs all dropping like flies, an alternative... 2008-03-14