Private Equity
Former senior managing partner Steven Benevento will continue to be involved in all of the firm’s investment activities and report to CEO Thomas Haubenstricker.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
In a sign of the growing importance firms attach to operational value creation, LBO France has bolstered its team with seasoned industrialist Gilles Taldu joining as a partner.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Blackstone portfolio company American Petroleum Tankers is suing the Department of Transportation, alleging a loan application was being held up due to its ownership by a PE firm.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The conclusion of probate issues following the death of co-founder Nigel Doughty in February has paved the way for Doughty Hanson to restructure and begin raising its next fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Joe Baratta’s new role, effective immediately, comes less than two years after he was asked to step up to lead the firm’s European private equity group.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The $142bn manager has launched the new group comprising four financing veterans, led by ex-TCW Brian Daly, with experience in the power generation and energy infrastructure sectors.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Seventy one individuals from firms including KKR and TPG have donated more than $8.2m to an independent committee dedicated to helping Mitt Romney win the US presidential election.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
CVC has brought in a heavy-hitting operational expert to replace Andrew Bristow as CEO at Autobar, as it gears up for a sale or a float of the UK vending machine company.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Former Credit Suisse Asset Management executive Mark Bourgeois will replace Atlantic-Pacific Capital’s founder, James Manley, as CEO. Manley (pictured) will remain chairman.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
With the private equity industry embroiled by the controversy surrounding the US presidential election, PEGCC chief Steve Judge sees an opportunity to educate the media and public.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
