Private Equity
N+1 and Mercapital, two of the Spanish private equity industry’s most venerable firms, have merged to create a new manager that will hit the fundraising trail next year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Colin Buckley as its chief operating officer with a remit to implement its revised strategy.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Senior portfolio manager Anne Simpson voiced CalPERS’ support for the rule, which limits banks’ ability to participate in private equity.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Equity Group Investments, a private equity vehicle backed by billionaire investor Sam Zell, is targeting $1bn for its next fund, which will focus on distressed debt.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Mark Kelly has left the scandal ridden UK bank to replace outgoing Apollo chief financial officer Gene Donnelly.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Swiss listed fund of funds group Private Equity Holding has elected a representative from activist investor Mantra Investissement to its board and vowed to continue its distribution policy.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Thomas Kubr, founding CEO of the Swiss fund of funds, is moving into an executive chairman position to focus on client development and strategy; CFO Stefan Ammann will become CEO.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Jean Fleischhacker has joined Black Diamond Capital Management to lead the firm’s structuring and marketing of debt products.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm’s current European office in Düsseldorf will be shut and moved to Munich.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The C$55bn pension’s direct investing arm has hired director Isabelle Pagnotta from Arcapita. OMERS PE has completed three investments in Europe since opening its London office in 2009.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
