Michael Kim, the former co-head of Asian buyouts at Carlyle Group, has quickly amassed $750 million of commitments for his spinout fund MBK Partners, according to a report.
Michael Eisenberg has joined early stage tech investor Benchmark Capital as a general partner in the Israel office.
The San Francisco firm is leading an $85m equity investment in a new, all business-class airline that will start flying trans-Atlantic routes beginning this fall.
Montagu’s exit from organic food manufacturer Marlow Foods is the latest in a series of profitable health food investments for private equity firms. Colm Gilmore checks out the latest diet craze.
The London-based buyout firm has acquired a 22 percent stake in Post Danmark, the state-owned Danish post office, from the Danish government.
As Benchmark Europe completes the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in a TV network that shows North American sports in Europe, reports are emerging of private equity interest in UK football TV rights.
The French Pensions Reserve Funds has appointed Campbell Lutyens to help formulate a strategy for entrance into private equity.
The UK-based venture firm has sold its Cambridge, UK-based portfolio company to a Japanese trade buyer for £30m, resulting in a 27 percent IRR.
How many institutional investors in need of yield coughed into their cornflakes recently when they read what was currently being generated in private equity and other non-mainstream asset classes?
The global private equity firm is demonstrating a penchant for investing in other firms’ funds. But don’t expect it to launch a fund of funds operation just yet, reports Andy Thomson.