The European private equity industry looks to be fighting a losing battle against regulators. The introduction of a new regulatory framework, that will most likely undermine the recovery in PE activity just as it has started to gather traction, is set to go to a vote in the European Parliament this week. While my colleagues [Read more...]
In 2009, companies around the world raised US$892bn in initial public offerings (IPOs), which was 41% higher than in 2008.
Of that amount, a sizeable US$314bn was raised in Q4 2009, creating the impression that the year-end momentum would likely spill over into the new year. Indeed, a variety of banks and analysts produced bullish [Read more...]
There are two key aspects to President Obama’s banking reform:
1) It attempts to address the ‘too big to fail’ debate: Obama wants to place size limits on banks (although it is still unclear what these are). This should create a wave of divestments and carve-outs in the banking industry.
2) To break up [Read more...]
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