Private Equity
Private equity icon Thomas H. Lee has said the credit crisis is ‘not a cash crisis’ but a crisis of confidence that will primarily affect the availability of debt financing for private equity deals valued at more than $1 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Nordic head Kurt Björklund and his US counterpart Tom Lister are to be appointed co-managing partners in response to the firm's dramatic growth over the last decade which has seen it grow from €2 billion under management to €22 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Following closure of a $500 million fund that took ‘a few weeks’ to raise, the Silicon Valley venture firm has added four seasoned tech executives to its team.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity icon Thomas H. Lee has said the credit crisis is ‘not a cash crisis’ but a crisis of confidence that will primarily affect the availability of debt financing for private equity deals valued at more than $1 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Chicago-based Baird has had a China team since 2003 to assist its US portfolio companies, but the firm has now added has seven professionals who will invest in small, high-growth Chinese companies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity icon Thomas H. Lee has said the credit crisis is ‘not a cash crisis’ but a crisis of confidence that will primarily affect the availability of debt financing for private equity deals valued at more than $1 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Laurence Fink, former Blackstone partner and founder of publicly traded investment firm BlackRock, has reportedly been offered the chief executive position at Merrill Lynch. Fink is also said to be a candidate for the same job at Citi, as both US banks seek to replace CEOs in the wake of multibillion dollar write-downs.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Intermediate Capital Group’s senior fund manager Sara Halbard has decided to retire next year as the debt markets remain uncertain on the back of the credit crunch.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Olivier Boyadjian, former head of investments for French buyout firm CDC Capital, will now lead HIG Europe’s Paris office.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Pantheon Ventures has made a second senior management hire in a US regional office in three months as the firm diversifies away from San Francisco.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
