Private Equity
Jeremy Thompson has joined Penfund as a partner roughly two months after the mid-market firm raised C$460m for its fourth fund, nearly twice the size of its previous vehicle.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Brian Magnus, head of Morgan Stanley's European private equity group, has resigned from the bank.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The SEC has lost two of its top investigators to the private sector, including Robert Kaplan who co-headed the agency’s unit responsible for monitoring private fund managers.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Former Ontario Teachers’ head of private equity Erol Uzumeri explored the differences between his experiences as an LP and a GP at the Dow Jones conference Friday.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Vincenzo Morelli, partner emeritus at TPG, has been elected as chairman of European trade body EVCA at a pivotal time for the industry in Europe.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
KKR co-founder George Roberts is ‘optimistic’ about the future of the US, especially as technologies like the extraction of natural gas from shale rock help boost growth. Europe is a different story.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
3i Group has agreed its first deal under new chief executive Simon Borrows, with its debt arm adding €2bn to its portfolio through the acquisition of seven CLO contracts from Invesco.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Two of the Anglo-saxon investment world’s most famous dynasties have formed a strategic partnership to pursue investment opportunities together and share expertise.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has recruited former Debenhams finance director Chris Woodhouse, reuniting him with Rob Templeman at RAC.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has hired former JP Morgan vice chairman David Topper to work on IPOs, financings, liquidity planning and other growth initiatives.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
