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.
We are legion 2006-02-01 Staff Writer <b>Pros in different area codesPrivate equity professionals, by number, around the world</b><br /><table><tr><td><b>Number of professionals working at private equity firms globally</b></td><td><b>36,716<
Emerging markets investors must expect the unexpected when it comes to regulatory issues - but they are far from downbeat at the prospect.
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At a recent gathering of emerging markets private equity professionals, veterans urged a focus on controllable, ordinary forms of risk.
Having been the victim of fraud, Conduit Capital now has an ‘in-depth window’ on its Latin American investments via a unique approach to CFO relations. By Judy Kuan
Investors everywhere want to know how best to access the burgeoning Chinese private equity market. By Maurice Hoo
A look at foreign-ownership laws in six hot emerging markets.
recently recalibrated DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Rattner makes the case for his group's ‘independent affiliate’ status within Credit Suisse and the benefits it bestows. By Philip Borel
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