The energy-focused private equity firm has named John Weinzierl to managing director and has announced the hiring of Colin Raymond as a principal.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has pledged $380m, including co-investments, to European infrastructure funds managed by the Australian financial services firm The Macquarie Group.
Tom Bartlam, the co-founder and managing director of publicly listed UK mezzanine provider ICG, has announced his decision to retire in April.
The Dusseldorf-based venture capital firm has closed its second fund after a fundraising period of just six months.
The Boston private equity firm has promoted five professionals, including John Carroll and CJ Fitzgerald to partner.
North Atlantic Value, headed by Christopher Mills, has announced a first close of its second UK-focused buyout fund on £45m.
Bucking the trend of investment banks scaling back their principal investment activities, Goldman Sachs is reportedly preparing to raise a new mega-fund.
The longtime head of Merrill Lynch’s dominant private equity placement business is stepping down next month to become a partner at the upstart media investment group led by Silver Lake’s Roger McNamee and including rock star Bono.
A team of UK private equity professionals led by Lyndon Lea has formally separated from Dallas-based Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.
The San Francisco investment firm has agreed to sell Seminis, a producer of fruit and vegetable seeds, for $1.4bn, more than double what it paid for the business eighteen months ago.