Follow the Money December 13th, 2011 Gerry O’Kane The cleantech business must be worrying what the news of Haitong Securities pulling its USD1.7 billion Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) on the grounds of poor market conditions, will do to their prospects.Guodian Technology and Environment Group, a maker of wind equipment, will price its...
Cleanbiz Asia.com May 14th, 2011 Private equity companies, banks and funds are throwing money at cleantech projects in China but other parts of Asia are also set to get large amounts of investment. A slew of recent announcements back up a report just released by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) that China spent...
FT Mandate, March 2009 There are huge opportunities in private equity, but can boutique houses offer the services and security that are in demand? By Gerry O’Kane. You can almost hear the increasing pitter-patter of the administrators’ heartbeat when they speak about private equity prospects in 2009. While much is made of a grinding...
Finance Week, 21/10/2008 New figures show that British businesses are suffering from a scarcity of cash while another survey shows that private equity activity is also reducing. Investment priorities remain with technology and training, writes Gerry O’Kane. New research shows that global private equity activity is continuing but is suffering from the weakest project...
