Henderson Equity Partners closes its second PFI fund on €859m, 18 months after closing its first PFI fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
New Zealand-based biotechnology company CoDa Therapeutics has raised $20 million of venture capital funding. It is the latest example of increased venture appetite for biotech companies in the region.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity advisory firm appoints Chason Beggerow to be its fourth US-based partner, one month after hiring Michael Russell as head of Europe.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Beijing-based private equity group Origo Sino-India has hired John Blake as managing director of mergers and acquisitions.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US hedge fund DE Shaw is reportedly seeking to launch a private equity fund, as the lines between the hedge fund and private equity markets become ever more blurred.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Buyout house Hellman & Friedman is reportedly placed to make £200 million as part of a £520 million refinancing of asset management firm Gartmore less than a year after it backed a management buyout of the company.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity affiliate of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, has bought a majority stake in UK office supplies distributor OyezStraker Group from Hermes Private Equity for £41.2 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
In the first three months of 2007, European private equity activity topped €50 billion for the second successive quarter, according to a new report, with the mid-market performing particularly well.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Angus Barker has left UBS to become head of financial sponsors for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
