Private Equity
Managing partners Thibaut de Chassey and Edouard Thomazeau have left the Paris-based firm following disagreements over its direction.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore has officially opened its first India office and has installed its real estate head, ex-RREEF executive Kishore Gotety, to run it.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Alok Gaur, formerly of Credit Suisse Real Estate Private Funds Group and more recently Greenhill & Co, has joined Carlyle in its Washington DC headquarters.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Talk of US firm Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill’s demise is greatly exaggerated, says Stephen Sherrill, as it pledges to launch a fourth fund possibly targeting $400m.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The ‘near-term goal’ of Permira’s Asian business is to invest in Mainland China. But with a minimum equity cheque of €100 million and no team on the ground yet, getting there isn’t easy, says Henry Chen, Permira’s co-head of Asia.
7 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-headquartered fund of funds manager has promoted Hong Kong-based Sebastiaan van den Berg to managing director and is in the process of opening an office in Colombia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global mid-market firm has added former CEO of Chemical Lime Christopher Fraser to its operating team, focusing on opportunities in the chemical and materials space.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Sean Tong has added his name to the ever-growing list of Chinese nationals leaving Western private equity groups’ Asia operations to strike out on their own.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has hired 20-year healthcare veteran Mark Visser as managing director and leader of healthcare activities, a newly created position.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has named former CFO of Gucci Group Robert Singer as an executive director focused on the consumer and retail sectors in Europe.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
