Companies

• Private equity can cut ‘best’ deals in current climate, says Permira boss [Sun, 11 Oct 00:00]
  Lower valuations and reduced competition should help sector to ‘exceptional returns’, says Dipan Patel
• JPMorgan bets on European asset management growth [Sun, 11 Oct 00:00]
  Patrick Thomson, who heads the bank’s asset management business in Europe, said he was ‘bullish on the UK’
• Inside KKR’s €22bn bet on Italy’s telecoms network [Sun, 11 Oct 00:00]
  Two years after the FiberCop deal closed it is struggling with high debt and difficult relations with its biggest customer
• Global private equity fuels Indian healthcare’s push into smaller cities [Sat, 10 Oct 23:02]
  Hospitals flush with foreign money are expanding rapidly and filling gaps in public infrastructure