Probably the most impressive development in the investment universe in the last couple of years has been the dramatic growth in US corporate profits. The question is whether these record profits are sustainable because of the continuing crisis in the Eurozone, according to Paul Chew, Head of Investments at US
Andrew Clark (pictured), chief index strategist for Thomson Reuters Indices and Lipper, draws on second-order variability analysis to predict which US sectors will decorrelate first, assuming the current market rally has legs… In a recent Reuters article, Bill O’Neill of Merrill Lynch was quoted as saying, “Correlation and volatility are
A Sun European Partners affiliate has signed an agreement to acquire ELIX Polymers, SL, a leading plastics business, from Styrolution. Based in Tarragona, Spain, ELIX Polymers has more than 35 years experience in pre-coloured Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) and ABS specialty thermoplastic resins which possess high impact and mechanical strength. These plastics
Houston based private equity fund Sterling Group Partners III, LP, has completed the acquisition of the Liqui-Box Corporation (Liqui-Box) from DuPont. The acquisition is The Sterling Group’s third investment in its third fund, a USD820 million fund raised in 2010. Liqui-Box is the twenty-first corporate carve-out in Sterling’s thirty year
Funds advised by Apax Partners have entered an agreement to purchase 100 per cent of mobile phone operator Orange Switzerland from France Telecom Orange for approximately CHF2 billion (EUR1.6 billion). The transaction, which is subject to the approval of the Swiss competition authorities, will be submitted to the Board of
A partial break up of the Euro is inevitable, with Greece the most likely to default and leave the single currency in 2012, according to fund manager Managing Partners Limited (MPL). The Euro was always going to be tested in an economic downturn, for the same reasons the European Currency
The Private Equity Wire team is taking its customary seasonal break from 24 December and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January. Best wishes of the season to all our readers.
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) as manager of the Capital for Enterprise Fund A (CfE Fund or the Fund) has successfully exited its GBP1.5m mezzanine investment in Applied Language Solutions (ALS), a leading UK based language services provider, following the sale of ALS to the Capita Group. The exit has realised
The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) has issued a voluntary corporate governance code for Irish authorised collective investment schemes (CIS) and Irish authorised management companies. This follows an invitation by the Central Bank for the funds industry to develop and apply its own corporate governance code in place of the
Commodities have recovered this week along with equities, led by agriculture and energy prices. 2011 will be remembered by the dichotomy between energy and non-energy commodities, says Mike McGlone, Senior Director, Commodity Indexing, S&P Indices… It was a bad year for dictators, terrorists, bankers and global equities but the S&P
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