Fundraising

Survey of 104 middle-market firms revealed different practices Smaller firms diverting resources from deal-making to compliance Study meant to foster wider industry discussion on fees, disclosure Practices for picking up the check for expenses related to annual meetings and other costs vary widely between middle-market firms grappling with increased oversight by regulators, according to a […]

Here are the key statistics in private equity fundraising, deals and exits for the fourth quarter of 2014. Download the “Buyouts Insider Q4 2014 Highlights” slide show: Buyouts-Insider-Q4-2014-Highlights

Crestview Partners constructed its early investment portfolio with heavy exposure to the financial services sector. Then the Lehman Brothers collapse and tumbling equity markets hit that portfolio like a hurricane.

In my perch observing the industry from as close inside as possible, I don’t always take a look outside to see the effects on the places and people where private equity makes its investments.

Buyout firms continue to raise capital at a solid if not record pace following a couple of bleak years in the wake of the financial crisis, while venture capital firms are finally showing life as institutional investors tip-toe back into the asset class following nearly a decade of poor returns from vintages 1998 to 2006.

U.S. buyout firms overwhelm venture capital, real estate in assets under management

Myron Zhu, partner in the Hong Kong office of FLAG Capital Management, revealed to Buyouts that the firm plans to add two more investment professions to focus on private equity opportunities in China and Southeast Asia.