Overview:
The 5th annual View From The Top summit — held at a crucial juncture in American economic and political life — will be one of the most important Financial Times conferences ever held in the US.
Co-chaired by Martin Wolf, the FT’s Chief Economics Commentator, and Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, this major one-day conference will [...]

AltAssets is pleased to host the LP-GP Forum: Infrastructure in London on 6 October, 2011. The Forum follows on from a series of very successful, oversubscribed AltAssets LP-GP Forums which were held previously in Europe and the US.
In response to demand from LPs, this Forum has been devised to connect the very best infrastructure fund [...]

Australia’s $23 billion private equity industry is set for a shakeout as local pension funds cut allocations to bring down their costs, forcing buyout firms to turn to overseas investors for cash and putting the survival of smaller firms in doubt.
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EVCA, the private equity industry’s European trade body, has for the first time made its complete market research publicly available as it attempts to improve its transparency and the credibility of its data.
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NEW DELHI: Private equity (PE) players across the world have offloaded stakes worth $85 billion so far in the second quarter of the 2011 calendar year, a rise of 10 per cent vis-a-vis the previous quarter.
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Private-equity dealmaking in central and eastern Europe is finally picking up following the crisis but terms are tougher and funds are more cautious.
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Canadian buyout and private equity activity jumped in the first quarter as deal volumes and values rose in response to optimism over Canada’s sustained economic strength after the global recession.
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Buyout firms in the UK are set for a surge in sales in an attempt to demonstrate returns prior to a fundraising campaign, with more than a half planning to exit more than 25% of their investments in the next year.
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The only event of its kind, UCLA gathers the world’s leading private equity academics together with PE thought leaders including LP’s, consultants, and a limited number of GP’s to present and foster research in support of developing the long term durability of the asset class. The Summit is entirely funded by UCLA and solicitation is [...]