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EM fundraising and investment saw 2015 dropResearch from EMPEA reflects that last year was challenging for emerging markets investors.
- Victory Park hires former Goldman Sachs MD as CIO
Victory Park Capital hired Upacala Mapatuna as chief investment officer. Mapatuna was previously a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a member of the alternative investments and manager selection group.
- Warburg Pincus sets sights on Turkey with new hire
The firm has hired senior banking exec Murat Mergin to help identify investment opportunities in Turkey.
- Chart of the week: Blackstone bucks the trend
While most of the biggest managers of closed-ended private equity funds raised less capital in 2015 than two years earlier, one firm stood out from the crowd.
- PE-backed Terra to buy WPX Energy Rocky Mountain for $910 mln
Houston-based oil and gas company Terra Energy Partners has agreed to acquire WPX Energy Rocky Mountain LLC from WPX Energy Inc for $910 million in cash. Included in this transaction are 200,000 net acres in the Piceance Basin of Colorado. Also, as a result of this deal, Terra's current backer Kayne has increased its equity commitment while new backer Warburg Pincus has made an investment. According to Terra, its total equity commitment is now $800 million.
- Warburg Pincus MD David Li resigns
Li, who is forming his own firm, will be replaced by Julian Cheng and Frank Wei, who have been appointed co-heads of China.
- Warburg Pincus-backed tech firm in talks on potential acquisitions: Reuters
Mercator Solutions, a technology services company backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus [WP.UL], is in talks with two or three companies about potential acquisitions, its new chief executive told Reuters in an interview.
- Whelan joins Mercator Solutions as CEO
Cormac Whelan has joined Mercator Solutions as CEO. Whelan is currently the Chairman of Boxever. Mercator is a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus.
- Zilberman takes the reins at Warburg Pincus Europe
Daniel Zilberman will succeed Joseph Schull as head of European investment activity. Schull remains head of the firm’s European TMT group.
- PE-backed MultiView hires EVP of sales
MultiView, which is backed by Warburg Pincus, has named Tom Benson as executive vice president of sales. Previously, Benson worked at Intuit where he served as a sales and support director. MultiView is a provider of digital marketing solutions in the B2B sector.