PE Hub Staff

Burned by Banks, Temasek Digs for Resources

RGC Buying Stake in Chinese Tech Firm

PE Firms Bid on Verizon's Wireless Assets

Midland Cogeneration Switches Sponsors

EQT Infrastructure Fund and Fortistar have agreed to buy Midland Cogeneration Venture from Rockland Capital and GSO Capital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close within the next two months. MCV is a 1,500 MW natural gas-fired cogeneration facility located in Midland, Michigan. It was acquired by Rockland and GSO in 2006.

James Jennings Joins Brown Brothers Harriman

James Jennings, former president and chairman of Hunt Oil Co., has joined Brown Brothers Harriman as a senior advisor.

Dawn Rinaldi Joins C.P. Eaton

Dawn Rinaldi has joined placement agent C.P. Eaton Partners as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. She previously was CFO of Platinum Grove Asset Management.

Signature Aluminum Goes Bankrupt

Signature Aluminum Inc., a Greenville, Penn.-based aluminum extrusion supplier, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It is a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital. www.signaturealuminum.com

Pine Brook Raises $1.4 Billion Fund

F.T. Silfies Files for Chapter 11

Stephen Hines Joins SMH Capital

Stephen Hines has joined SMH Capital as a managing director in the firm’s investment banking group. He previously was head of Lane Berry’s New York office, and is a onetime partner with private equity firm JH Whitney & Co.