Delta Capital Management, manager of the US Russia Investment Fund, has sold Russian consumer bank DeltaBank to GE Consumer Finance for a reported $100m.
Henderson Private Capital, the private equity arm of Henderson Global Investors, has completed the management buy-in of Boat International, a super-yacht and marine publisher.
ECI Partners has completed two deals in three days, investing £15m in an electronic archiving company and £35m in a sports online and mail order retailer.
Standard Chartered Private Equity has appointed Fan Chen to head its investment activities in Greater China.
While the use of mezzanine funding in non-buyout deals increased by 60 percent, the overall European level of mezzanine investment dropped to €985m in the first half of 2004.
Quoted Swedish private equity firm Ratos has poached Leif Johansson from domestic rival Procuritas.
The New York-based firm, which provides expansion-stage capital to healthcare companies, fell short of its original $300 million target.
The Greenwich, Connecticut firm’s third fund will invest in healthcare services, clinical products and healthcare outsourcing and infrastructure.
Darryl Cooke, head of private equity at UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard, is moving to join rival DLA.
The Swedish private equity firm has announced the first and final close of its third mid-market fund dedicated to the Nordic region.