Duke Street Capital’s decision to report on all its portfolio companies will boost the number of companies affected by the Walker code. Walker estimated 65 portfolio businesses would be compelled to report from day one.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
In a further sign of institutionalisation at the global private equity giant, and ahead of an expected IPO, KKR has lured David Sorkin, a lawyer from Simpson Thacher, to become general counsel, as well as named new heads of human resources and information technology.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Sir David Walker’s report on transparency and disclosure has encouraged UK industry body, the BVCA, to name, shame and expel non-compliers with his proposed code.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity firm that made its name turning around the Japanese bank has returned to bail out a beleaguered Shinsei with the largest-ever private equity deal in the Japanese banking sector.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
India’s largest real estate company has sold 49 percent of its portfolio of vehicles for developing seven township projects.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Evidence that smaller deals are getting done has come in the shape of Europa’s investment in the UK and Norway.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US investor has taken on more than 100 loans from a British building society.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
UK industry body the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is bowing to pressure to be more transparent. The BVCA’s chief executive Simon Walker said the self-regulatory proposals were tough but necessary.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
India's township and IT park development sites may look rugged today, but they are attracting the attention of investors who see the benefit of waiting for towns to grow around their assets.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
San Francisco-based placement agent Probitas Partners has added a new vice president in an effort to expand its real estate team.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
