Fundraising

Lifeblood liaisons 2008-05-01 Staff Writer One hears much these days about how things are different in the deal market. For starters, debt is more expensive, less available, and if you do get any it's not nearly as sponsor-friendly. Returns will not come from financial engineering but from hard work on the o

GPs have a wealth of choices among web-based reporting systems which are fast becoming the standard for delivering information to investors.

When placement agents and in-house investor relations pros work together, there are plenty of chances to step on each other's toes. Collaboration goes smoothly when both sides play to their strengths and define boundaries.

In preparing for your next annual meeting, take a few tips from professional event planners.

John Harris is leaving The Carlyle Group after having spent more than a decade with the firm.

Hedge fund Bulldog Investors is suing the SEC, arguing non-registered funds have a right to advertise.

A new wave of alternative investment in the developing world is fundamentally different than past expansions, Harvard professor Josh Lerner told attendees at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York, co-hosted by Private Equity International and EMPEA.

In spite of the credit crunch, the global mega funds took centre stage in the Private Equity International Awards 2007. Mid-market resilience also found favour with voters in the only truly democratic private equity awards.

The nasty split of Fox Paine & Company showed the industry that a founder's departure can bring a whole host of problems.

INTELLIGENCE 2008-03-01 Staff Writer <b>Platinum Equity CFO lands outside PE</b><br />Bill Foltz, the one-time CFO of Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity, now serves as CFO for Gorilla Nation, an online ad rep firm. Before this latest move, Foltz was a partner and managing principal at Sports