Private Equity
The veteran fundraiser, who spent time in Citi’s placement business and Credit Suisse’s fund of funds group, has joined the bank's RREEF alternative investments group.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Champlain Advisors has hired Asmat Doza, who formerly worked at PineBridge Investments conducting due diligence on funds and serving on LP advisory boards.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Thibaut de Chassey (pictured) and Edouard Thomazeau, two former partners at AtriA Capital Partenaires who left the group in April, have launched their own firm, Atlon Capital Partners.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Carlyle Group, which has grown its assets under management 43% since last year, has hired Neuberger Berman’s Randall Whitestone as director of communications for the Americas.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a chief for its examination programme, a 450-strong team of lawyers and accountants responsible for inspecting registered investment advisors, soon to include PE firms.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
New York-based Alternative Investment Management, which has about $113m across two private equity funds, has hired Donna Toth as its chief operating officer. Toth was a managing principal at Park Hill Group.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
US buyout firm General Atlantic has acquired a stake in distressed debt specialist Oak Hill Advisors in a further sign of private equity’s appetite for debt investments.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Four of the Nordic region’s most prominent private equity groups have delivered an average IRR of 18% since 1993 and significantly outperformed the public markets, according to new research produced in partnership with the SVCA.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Paul Costello has joined the global alternatives group as non-executive chairman to grow its Australasian business.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Citadel Capital has experienced turmoil this year, and while this week's second quarter results showed a net loss of $4.2m, a rights issue has helped bring the group back onto an even keel.
4 min read · 06 January 2013