FRONTLINE 2006-02-01 Staff Writer New MD at Morgan JosephMorgan Joseph & Co, a New York-based investment banking firm serving the middle market, has appointed G. Scott Cantini as a managing director focused on providing growth capital to public and private companies. Cantin
Background checks are essential to overseas investments, and GPs should have realistic expectations on how to approach these investigations. By Judy Kuan, Associate Editor
The guidance issued by the SEC on hedge fund registration rules still leaves a key question unanswered: how will it address the lock-up loophole?
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New frontiers 2006-02-01 Staff Writer The head of a major European private equity firm is fond of calling US private equity a ?high volume, low margin? business. Extending this metaphor, is emerging markets private equity is a low volume, high margin business? Potentially.<br /><br />Such is the
From its long-time base in Minneapolis, Norwest Equity Partners has quietly built a record of success in private equity. Overseeing the administrative side of the business has been John Whaley, who has been with Norwest for more than 25 years. The firm's sole limited partner is Wells Fargo & Co. In 1999 and again in 2004, Wells Fargo committed $800 million to Norwest Equity Partners VII and VIII, respectively. The firm also manages two mezzanine funds, the most recent having raised $400 million from Wells Fargo. NEP also maintains an office in Los Angeles. Private Equity Manager spoke recently with Whaley about how Norwest is the same as any other private equity firm, and how it differs on account of its publicly traded, regulated LP.