Private Equity
The global buyout group has taken another step away from venture capital. It closed its venture-focused Boston office last year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Trouble in the retail sector presents opportunity, with 'some of the greatest fortunes' due to be made by savvy investors over the next year, according to John Howard, CEO of Irving Place Capital, formerly Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The asset manager, an independently managed subsidiary of Cargill, has partnered with energy technology firm White Energy on a $101m joint venture.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Veronica John-led IDFC Capital has set up shop in Singapore and made new hires as it prepares to raise a $500m emerging markets fund of funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The mid-market firm has added William Bixby, who helped co-found The Riverside Company’s Dallas office in 2001, as a partner.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The venture firm, which spun out of JPMorgan in 2005 but still manages its venture program, has added Michael Jung to its partnership. Jung has been a member of the Panorama investment team since 2003.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Sowood Capital spin-out aims to help address the South African energy crisis by backing BioTherm Energy, a South African company that specialises in turning waste to energy. The investment could help supply as many as 500,000 households with alternative energy.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based private equity firm specialising in management buyouts has recruited former 3i executive Sonia Powar. The firm said its deal flow has nearly quadrupled in the past 12 months.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Jesús Olmos Clavijo, former CEO of Spanish utility Endesa, will report to Marc Lipschultz, KKR’s global head of energy and infrastructure and work alongside Simon Hipperson, managing director in its European infrastructure team in London.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Antoine Pau has been recruited by Truffle in a move to further develop its dealflow in life sciences sectors. The hire comes only a week after the firm appointed Gwen Chapman CFO.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
