Private Equity
Serge-Alexandre Lauper will serve as the co-head of investment management for Swiss Re Private Equity Partners. He left Horizon21, the Swiss alternative asset manager with a fund-of-funds for infrastructure, about two weeks ago.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Senator Debbie Stabenow’s comments could mean that GPs can breathe a sigh of relief, but the fate of carried interest is far from clear.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Dallas-based distressed investor Lone Star Funds, led by the highly private John Grayken, is powerfully positioned to take advantage of the current global economic downturn, according to a profile of the man in the June issue of PERE magazine.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The ex-CIO at the Wellcome Trust has stepped down from the SVG board to lead the IMF’s investment unit.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Hong Kong-based Guido Gamucci will be replaced by Veronica Eng, who will also become chairman of the European private equity firm’s investment committee.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Sameer Al Ansari has taken on a non-executive role at Dubai International Capital in order to focus more on his CEO responsibilities at SHUAA Capital.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Galileo Capital aims to manage a range of private equity, venture capital, mutual and hedge funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Munich police have reportedly detained two people in connection with the killing of EQT infrastructure director Dirk von Poschinger-Camphausen.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In a bid to re-jig embattled real estate company Nakheel Holdings, Dubai World is moving senior staff and assets, including the W Hotel in Washington, to sister company Istithmar World.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of the Dubai, has created a Dubai Government Media Office to handle PR for the emirate. The move follows strong criticism of the handling of the Dubai World debt crisis.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
