Private Equity
European buyout firm Cognetas, whose co-founder Nigel McConnell left last year, has re-branded as Motion Equity Partners.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The European fund of funds manager has hired a former politician to reinforce its position in the energy sector.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
China's sovereign wealth fund is reportedly losing its head of European private equity only five months after he assumed the role.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Former Goya Foods executive Andy Unanue has launched a firm targeting small and mid-market opportunities within the US Hispanic community.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
John Krenicki, the head of General Electric’s $50bn energy business, will join CD&R as a New York-based senior operating partner in 2013.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Armando Acosta left TIAA-CREF in January, the latest departure by an executive who helped build the company's alternatives programme. Others who have left include Shelley Zoler, Sheryl Schwartz and Holly Holtz.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The European industry association has announced a raft of appointments, including that of HarbourVest managing director Anson to chairman-elect.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm is bolstering its Middle Eastern presence by adding its third office in the region and is considering hiring up to 35 professionals for the MENA team over the next 12 months.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Blackstone France, the US group's Paris-based advisory team, has appointed former French ambassador to NATO Gerard Errera as chairman.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm’s $48bn PE business is unlikely to see a ‘wave’ of realisations given market conditions, president Tony James admitted, as Q2 net income fell by 75% from last year's figure.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
