Month: February 2008

204 Private Equity funds investing in the emerging markets of Asia, Central & Eastern Europe/Russia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa raised over $59 billion in capital in 2007.…

This New York Times article on the burning questions surrounding Sovereign Wealth Funds provides an educated guess why these funds are going after financial services companies. Sovereign wealth fund investment…

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations:08-02-20-1: Bangalore-based Healthcare firm seeks >$5-M to acquire and manage a stand alone doctor owned mid sized hospital and…

From Risk magazine’s profile of the winner of its Equity Derivatives House of the Year-2008 (announced in January 2008). Newspaper headlines in August were dominated by the credit markets –…

Breakingviews.com has created a “Risk Index” that ranks the top 20 prominent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)” according to the potential risk they present to western interests”. The index scores each…

Businessworld has a cover story on the functioning (or the lack thereof) of Indian commodities markets. The government, for its part, has erected artificial barriers such as hedging limits through…

Businessworld has a cover story on the issue. What India Inc. seems to agree on is that the most retrograde aspect of the law is its view on mergers and…

The New Yorker has a lengthy profile of Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman and chief executive of the Blackstone Group. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence,…

Here are the takes of two market observers on the pulling of the Wockhardt Hospitals and Emaar-MGF IPOs this week. Arun Uday of HSBC PE points to the role of…

Extracts from Knowledge@Wharton synopsis of the Carlye Group founder’s recent speech. According to Rubenstein, the 1970s and 1980s were the “Bronze Age” of private equity, when early buyout deals emerged,…