Private Equity
The New York-based firm has hired Gene Wolfson, former head of Citi's distressed equity trading group.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Interim president and chief executive of the Canadian pension manager, Richard Guay, will officially assume the positions he stepped into last May in addition to his responsibilities as chief investment officer.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Led by former Abraaj managing director and co-founder Shirish Saraf, the nascent Samena Capital intends to hold a $350m final close on its regional special situations fund by the end of next month and has separately set aside $50m to buy stakes in other Asian asset managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm that Stephen Schwarzman and Peter Peterson left in 1985 has crumbled to a roughly $3bn market capitalisation, versus Blackstone’s $4bn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK investment firm has added Lorenzo Russo and Daryl Cohen to its investment team and converted to a limited liability partnership in what is becoming an extremely promising market for private equity secondary investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
SVG Asia’s first fund of funds has already made commitments to managers including CVC, Navis, Affinity and Actis. Its investment activities will be headed by former Hermes Private Equity executive Khim Tan.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired Makram Azar, former global head of sovereign wealth funds at Lehman Brothers. Azar will lead its push into the Middle East and North Africa, setting up KKR's first office in the region.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Munich-headquartered venture firm has hired Daniel Waterhouse, former 3i sector partner and corporate development executive for Yahoo!.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The resignation of Phil Green as a non-executive director comes less than a month after he resigned his position as the firm’s CEO. The change comes amid ongoing strategic review and restructuring at the Australian infrastructure specialist.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The buyout firm has appointed Yoshiharu Fukuhara, honorary chairman of luxury cosmetic line Shiseido, as a senior advisor in Japan.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
