2011 trailed behind 2010 in private equity deal activity, but was still a marked improvement over 2009 and left the industry poised for strong future activity, according to PitchBook Data’s year-end analysis of US PE activity. "The light at the end of the tunnel appears to be very close for
Global M&A for the year to date totalled USD2,178.4bn, up 2.5% from the same period in 2010 (USD2,125.9bn), making it the busiest year since 2008 (which saw USD2,405.8bn), according to figures released by MergerMarket. A total of 12,455 deals were announced in 2011, 1.3% below the number for 2010 (12,296
When it comes to emerging markets, China invariably seems to be the focus of attention, but the country to watch in 2012 is India, according to Edward Bland, Head of Investment Research at Duncan Lawrie Private Bank… We are keen on emerging markets, especially India, because they offer the best
AGI World and Shorewood Packaging, two leading packaging companies, have become AGI-Shorewood, one of the world’s largest specialty packaging businesses with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. All locations of Shorewood Packaging except those in China are now a part of the new AGI-Shorewood. Closing of the
With over 3,000 listed funds, the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is one of the leading stock exchanges worldwide for the listing of investment funds, particularly alternative investment funds including offshore funds and Irish regulated products or QIFs. Managers are listing their funds as a way to reassure potential and existing
Vivo Ventures, a healthcare investment firm with offices in Palo Alto, California, Shanghai, and Chengdu, China, has announced the final closing of Vivo Ventures VII (Vivo VII) at USD375 million, which brings the firm’s total funds under management to more than USD1 billion. Vivo plans to invest the capital primarily
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
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