Finance & Accounting

The Alternative Investment Market is becoming a viable exit route for private equity-backed companies in the UK and elsewhere. By Judy Kuan

The UK's status as a benign environment for private equity funds could be endangered by a change to carried interest rules. But how serious is the threat? By Andy Thomson

As private equity valuation guidelines have evolved and converged, the industry has reached a critical mass for fair value accounting. By David L. Larsen

David Mahon has risen to the numerous challenges of establishing his eponymous private equity firm as one of China's most experienced investment houses.

FRONTLINE 2006-03-01 Staff Writer Macquarie hires two China specialistsAustralia-headquartered Macquarie Group has added two new senior hires to a division containing over 165 professionals in Asia, a move aimed at further strengthening its corporate finance business in China.

Doing deals in geographies where private equity is an alien concept can be a scary proposition - particularly when you don't know where find a good lawyer.

As Apollo preps its BDC for further growth, KKR's REIT reveals an intriguing co-investment program.

Private equity firms don't detail bad news, but as a recent Refcomiscommunication illustrates, perhaps they should.

UK watchdog the FSAis studying private equity with greater intensity than ever. The industry stands to benefit.

One of the giants of the LBO industry, Boston-based Thomas H. Lee Partners, has announced a key hire - Richard Bressler, most recently the chief financial officer of media company Viacom and previously a senior officer and CFO of Time Warner. Bressler will head up THL Partners' new Strategic Resource Group, which helps coordinate the services and advice offered to portfolio companies. Scott Sperling, an industry veteran of almost 25 years, a senior partner with THL Partners for more than a decade, and now one of three copresidents, spoke recently with Private Equity Manager about Bressler's addition.