The mid-market firm has hired Jim Learner from Kirkland & Ellis and has promoted three investment professionals to the role of principal.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has partnered with Standard Chartered and the South Africa-based Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire a minority stake in agricultural company Export Trading Group for $210m.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $14bn pension system has hired TD Bank's William Hatanaka (pictured) following the departure of CEO Stephen Griggs in April. OPTrust is increasing its private equity allocation from 4% to 15%.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Canadian mid-market firm has promoted Matt Kunica and Thecla Sweeney, bringing the total number of partners at Birch Hill to 10.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
John Chen, former CEO of mobile information services company Sybase, has joined Silver Lake’s value creation team.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
CFO Jonathan Schmugge and general counsel Martin Auerbach are two of the four professionals named senior managing director-partner. The promotions come as Z Capital targets $500m for its second special situations fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm will exit its investment in food ingredient company Fortitech, which it acquired in late 2010. The exit comes as Trilantic seeks $2bn for its fifth flagship fund.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Boston-headquartered firm closed its Singapore office in September and will staff up its Perth office with two investment professionals in February.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Managing director Hugh Briggs is the second senior level executive at CVC to announce his retirement in recent weeks, as chairman Mike Smith will step down in January.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Limited partners have been asking operators to explain the details of their operational work at portfolio companies, says Steve Stubitz, operating partner at The Riverside Company.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
