Private Equity
Norwest Venture Partners, a US venture capital firm, has made its first hire in India after operating in the country from abroad since late 2003. The firm is expected to hire two more partners following the appointment of Niren Shah as managing director.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
After more than 20 years with the World Bank’s lending arm, Teresa Barger is leaving to launch her own emerging markets investment venture.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Nicola Horlick, chief executive of UK fund manager Bramdean, used her keynote speech at yesterday's PEI Media conference to highlight the task facing the industry if it is to continue its growth and move into the mainstream.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
L’Oréal veteran Thierry Paternot is joining Duke Street Capital as its eleventh operating partner as the firm deploys its latest fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
John Bernstein, who previously led Advent International’s London branch of its European technology and telecoms team, is the latest hire by global investment firm General Atlantic.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has beefed up its Japanese buyout team with the appointment of a co-head and a chairman commencing October and November respectively.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Damien Reynolds, head of natural resources investment firm Longview Capital Partners, has launched a new firm that will target renewable energy and cleantech.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Former US Vice President Al Gore has become a partner at Kleiner Perkins, as part of a joint venture to back greentech companies along with Gore’s environment-focussed investment firm, Generation Investment Management.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Houlihan Lokey, the boutique investment bank, has boosted its debt advisory business in Europe by buying Blenheim Advisors, which will work with the firm's restructuring unit if the credit crunch turns into an economic downturn.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said he will close any tax loophole private equity enjoys, as the clearest sign so far that the UK government intends to change the carried interest tax relief enjoyed by buyout executives.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
