Private Equity
(Reuters) - Financier Jacob Rothschild has launched a $750 million private equity fund to help Chinese investors to take part in international deals. The new fund, capitalizing on fresh economic reforms and appetite for overseas investment, will target investors from the newly-formed China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private Sector.
2 min read · 31 March 2011
Kraton Performance Partners, the listed, Houston-based company, will have six million of its shares coming to market through affiliates of TPG Capital and JP Morgan Partners, LLC. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. will be the bookrunning managers of the offering.
3 min read · 31 March 2011
No, Ma’am: SAC’s Cohen triumphs over ex in suit that could have roiled fund Everyone East! A Rothschild-backed PE fund emerges Hey, Big Spender: Vodafone buys out a stake in its Indian JV Following Another Great Republican Governor’s Lead: Ahhh-nuld sets up his own TV show
1 min read · 31 March 2011
Summify launched today in Vancouver, British Columbia, a company founded by Mircea Pasoi and Cristian Strat. Investors in the social media company were Accel Partners, Rob Glaser, Stewart Butterfield, Steve Olechowski and Boris Wertz.
2 min read · 30 March 2011
Brian Crumbaugh and Michael Teplitsky have each been promoted to vice president by Wynnchurch Capital, the middle market private equity firm. Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch in 2008 after working with Lime Rock Partners, Crumbaugh joined last year after working with ShoreView Industries.
2 min read · 30 March 2011
One in, One out: Evan Williams hits the bricks Snitchin’! Adam Smith drops the dime on Raj Rajaratnam Rankings: And not the good kind... the least 100 powerful people And This is Where We Probably Won’t be Listing: Zynga comes to Wall St., brings along social gaming valuation analysts
1 min read · 30 March 2011
2 min read · 29 March 2011
BDO Capital Advisors has boosted Dan Shea to the role of managing director. He will remain in BDO’s Los Angeles office. Shea came to BDO after working with Hadley Partners and W.Y. Campbell & Co., as well as Ernst & Young.
1 min read · 29 March 2011
Got our e-mails? Get our e-mails. When You Call it “B.O.,” There’s a Different Connotation: PE takes on little leverage in Brazil Mark It to Buffett? The Oracle begrudgingly takes accounting charges A Lifeline for Guy Hands: Bertelsmann eyes acquisitions having reduced its debt Slipping: Germany overtakes the U.S. in the alternative energy race, says the Pew Charitable Trusts
1 min read · 29 March 2011
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has added Russell Fong as its acting CFO. He is currently Interim Assistant Executive Officer of the CalPERS Administrative Services Branch.
2 min read · 28 March 2011
