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  • Actis fundraiser joins Invest Europe
    Rebecca Akrofie- 10 January 2017

    The new director of membership at the industry agency will improve communication with its more than 600 members.

  • Actis sets up Hong Kong office
    Nia Tam- 25 November 2016

    The firm will use the new outpost to cement relationships with investors in Asia, including Australia and New Zealand.

  • Actis: Mexico has most to fear
    PEI Staff- 9 November 2016

    Andrew Newington, partner and COO at Actis, reflects on the impact of Trump’s victory on the emerging markets in which the firm operates.

  • First Avenue launches app for GPs
    Nicole Miskelly- 8 November 2016

    The app will enable the placement agent’s private fund clients to gain real time access to the status of their fundraise.

  • First Avenue hires head of Americas
    Nicole Miskelly- 3 November 2016

    Jess Larsen, the former global head of institutional sales at Highland Capital Management, has joined the placement agent in New York.

  • Operational Excellence Award winners 2016: Asia-Pacific
    PEI Staff- 3 October 2016

    Actis and Navis Capital among those picking up awards in this year’s list of the private equity companies doing the most to build better companies.

  • Operational Excellence Award winners 2016
    PEI Staff- 3 October 2016

    KKR and Permira among those named in Private Equity International’s annual celebration of the industry’s best value creation stories.

  • Sri Lanka still underdeveloped for PE
    Carmela Mendoza- 30 September 2016

    The country continues to open up to foreign investment, but ticket sizes and family-run companies are holding back private equity firms.

  • NewQuest makes debut deal from Fund III
    Adam Le- 6 September 2016

    The direct secondaries firm used its $540m Fund III to acquire 100% of back-office outsourcing firm Integreon, Secondaries Investor reports.

  • HgCapital appoints its third partner this year
    Nicole Idar Lee- 1 September 2016

    The London-based private equity firm is beefing up its executive team, hiring Nick Luckock as partner just four months after promoting Amanda Good and Sebastien Briens.