David Wyndham Jones has joined Allianz Capital Partners to co-lead a newly established alternative energies investment division.
BS Private Equity, the Italian mid-market private equity firm, has completed the seventh and eighth investments from its Italian Private Equity Fund IV (IPEF IV), which closed in July 2003 on €550m.
Duke Street Capital Debt Management, the leveraged loan specialist, has changed its name to Babson Capital Europe following its acquisition by Babson Capital Management in May.
George Soros announced he is handing over greater control of his $12.8b Soros Asset Management firm to his sons, and is spinning off his real estate, credit and private equity divisions.
The Wellesley, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm’s new $450m vehicle will look to continue IT investments and expand into China and India.
It’s been a liquid week for KKR – the New York buyout firm has agreed to sell German telecom equipment maker Tenovis to Avaya days after selling down its stake in electronics company Amphenol.
London-based private equity firm Cinven has acquired CBR, the German fashion group, for an undisclosed sum.
London-based private equity firm Doughty Hanson has acquired New York-based Tumi, an international luggage brand, from US private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for $276m.
With major backing from two Canadian pensions as well as Switzerland's Partners Group, Robin Doumar, the former head of Goldman Sachs’ European mezzanine business, has launched new mezzanine fund Park Square Capital Partners with €1bn in commitments.
The transatlantic debt specialist has hired four investment placement managing directors to raise capital and manage relationships with LPs.