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CalSTRS decides on director of private equity portfolio
17 Mar 2010
California State Teachers’ Retirement System has settled on who it wants to direct its $16.8bn private equity portfolio after a year-long search, selecting Margot Wirth from within the organisation.
Encore Ventures makes double appointment
15 Mar 2010
Encore Ventures, the secondaries division of European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, has boosted its investment management team with the addition of Richard Marsh as partner and Jonathan Freuchet-Sibilia...
DFJ Esprit hires senior adviser for Nordic investments
12 Mar 2010
European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has hired Mikko Suonenlahti, who joins the team as a senior adviser, focusing on investments in the B2B and B2C software, medtech, bio-IT and energy efficiency...
EMI chief executive to leave
11 Mar 2010
Elio Leoni-Sceti, chief executive of troubled record label EMI, is to step down at the end of this month. The turnaround specialist was brought in to head the company in July 2008 by private equity owner...
Another exec leaves Wilshire Private Markets
10 Mar 2010
GMAC CFO heads to Providence Equity Partners
10 Mar 2010
Carlyle ramps up debt business with new hire
09 Mar 2010
KKR nabs Sen from Citi for India office
08 Mar 2010
Dutch VC firm Forbion expands into Germany, funds Promedior in $12m round
17 Mar 2010
Dutch life sciences investor Forbion Capital Partners is rolling out operations at a new office in Munich and has appointed a partner, Dr Holger Reithinger, to head the team. The company has also led a...
Gordon Brown intervenes to delay AIFM debate
17 Mar 2010
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has intervened to delay the debate over proposed EU alternative investment regulations, according to reports. Brown called Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...
KKR files for $2.2bn NYSE listing
16 Mar 2010
New York private equity firm KKR is to list in its home town. Almost three years after its last attempt, the firm has finally filed plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
Intermediate Capital Group to concentrate on third party funds
16 Mar 2010
Intermediate Capital Group, a London Stock Exchange-listed mezzanine and mid-market private equity investor, is aiming to double its assets under management by changing tack and concentrating on its third...
HgCapital launches £50m share placing to fund investments
12 Mar 2010
HgCapital Trust, the listed investor of HgCapital funds, has announced the launch of a £50m (€55m) share placement to raise money for investments. The firm placed the shares at 845 pence (€9.3m) per...
Limited partners warn EU over regulation
10 Mar 2010
New Zealand angel investment hits NZ$50m in 2009
05 Mar 2010
SVG Capital upbeat as NAV bounces back
04 Mar 2010
Advent prepares opening of New York office
03 Mar 2010
Secondary deals to pick up in 2010
02 Mar 2010
Sterling beats target with $820m fund close
17 Mar 2010
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based middle-market private equity firm, has wrapped up its fundraising of Sterling Group Partners III on $820m, beating its target of $600m.
Elevar raises second poverty-focused fund
16 Mar 2010
Emerging markets investor Elevar has raised a $70m fund to invest in growth companies, expanding the reach of microfinance and other services to the four billion people at the base of the economic pyramid...
Belgian PE firm Gimv closes fund on €609m
16 Mar 2010
Listed private equity firm Gimv has closed its Gimv-XL fund on €609m, making it “the largest initiative of its kind in Belgium”.
AIFM could decimate venture and growth funds, EVCA says
15 Mar 2010
Proposed EU regulations on the private equity industry could devastate venture and growth capital firms, according to industry body the European Venture Capital Association.
Brown, Sarkozy to discuss EU private equity regulation
12 Mar 2010
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy will try to map out a deal over EU fund regulation reforms, with the UK Prime Minister hoping for a compromise on measures which have been branded protectionist, according...
Battery Ventures hits target with $750m
11 Mar 2010
Another exec leaves Wilshire Private Markets
10 Mar 2010
Israeli venture firm launches six new yuan funds
09 Mar 2010
Open Sky Technologies Fund lands first close
05 Mar 2010
Northzone Ventures exits cloud computing company Nimsoft
17 Mar 2010
Nordic venture capital firm Northzone Ventures, along with software- and IT-focused private equity firm JMI Equity and Goldman Sachs, has exited its investment in could computing company Nimsoft via a...
Dutch VC firm Forbion expands into Germany, funds Promedior in $12m round
17 Mar 2010
Dutch life sciences investor Forbion Capital Partners is rolling out operations at a new office in Munich and has appointed a partner, Dr Holger Reithinger, to head the team. The company has also led a...
Permira, Goldman still looking for Cognis sale over imminent IPO
17 Mar 2010
The private equity owners of Cognis, a German maker of additives for cosmetics and detergents, have launched a fresh campaign to sell the company, even as it prepares to go public. According to Reuters,...
General Atlantic in $425m India renewables deal
17 Mar 2010
Growth equity firm General Atlantic has backed Asian Genco, an Indian infrastructure company with investments in power generation assets and engineering services businesses, in a $425m deal.
KKR percolates $219m India coffee deal
16 Mar 2010
Apax closes Promethean World IPO
15 Mar 2010
Apax exits Tommy Hilfiger for $3bn
15 Mar 2010
Citadel invests $183m in Egypt river ports
15 Mar 2010
