Private Equity
Emerging Capital Partners, which manages the largest pan-African private equity fund raised to date, has hired an emerging markets veteran to spearhead IR.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Swiss fund of funds manager has secured ex-AI Capital head Kazushige Kobayashi to lead its second office in Asia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Just two weeks after hiring the former president of Visa, the firm has taken on the dean of global business graduate school INSEAD, Frank Brown.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Tim Flower relocated to the firm’s Hong Kong office from London this month and is the firm’s first dedicated secondaries specialist in the region.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Terra Firma’s trial against its banking nemesis will boil down to who will impress the jury as the most credible witness.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
European partner Crevan O’Grady, a 13-year veteran of the firm, has transferred to New York from London.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Quadrangle co-founder Steve Rattner could pay $6m and face a two-year ban from the securities industry, the WSJ reports.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Advent International managing partner John Singer believes the private equity industry will adapt to and survive the changing market conditions, but only once trust is restored.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Peng Zhao, who replaces Linda Cai in Beijing, will work to increase direct investments in China.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Oaktree founder warned delegates at the EVCA buyout conference in Copenhagen of the dangers of the $500bn capital overhang.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
