Private Equity
The search for a new chief executive has ended with the appointment of Simon Walker, a communications specialist and one time secretary to HM The Queen. He is also an adviser to the government on red-tape reduction.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Saul Fox has filed a lawsuit against his firm’s co-founder, Dexter Paine, claiming that Paine is trying to force him out of the firm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Gerrit Zalm, the Dutch political heavyweight, signs up to advise Permira as the buyout firm acknowledges it will have to engage with a wider range of people than just its investors and management teams in today's political climate.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Tim Bunting, the former Goldman Sachs banker, has taken on a full-time role with venture firm Balderton, after working with it in its previous incarnation as Benchmark Capital Europe.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Helsinki-listed alternative asset manager has beefed up its management group and created new internal services and investor services units.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
After co-founder Craig Nickels left to manage the alternatives portfolio of Washington University, Texas consulting firm Alignment Capital has halted its operations and is looking for a new direction.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Franko Neumetzler, the owner of German lighting company SLV Group, has sold a sizeable part of his majority stake to European buyout firm HgCapital, as he looks to resolve succession problems at the company he founded.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Pioneer investor relations executive Janet Brooks is leaving ECI after 15 years to join the European operations of US placement firm Monument Group
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Temasek, the Singapore sovereign fund, has lost three senior investment executives in a week. Jimmy Phoon, the chief investment officer of the investment firm in Singapore, is leaving. Hong Kong’s Frank Tang, Temasek China dealmaker, has also resigned with his colleague Terry Hu.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Moelis & Co. has held a $1.8 billion first close on its new fund, just five months after founder Ken Moelis left his position as head of investment banking for UBS.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
