Private Equity
Terra Firma’s Guy Hands talks frankly about what he has learned from the £1.6bn loss of EMI and how he intends to get Fund III ‘back to flat’.
10 min read · 05 January 2013
The Employees’ Retirement System of Texas is looking for a director of private equity after Patrick O'Hara announced his resignation. O'Hara is heading to Brazos Private Equity Partners.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The results are in: Oaktree and Apax are among the winners that have once again been honoured by peers in the PEI Awards. Meanwhile, TPG swept the boards in Asia, while Actis, Blackstone, Bridgepoint, Robeco, CalPERS, Temasek and Partners Group were also considered standouts by voters.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Stephen Welton, a senior member of JPMorgan spinout CCMP Capital Advisors, will act as CEO of Business Growth Fund, which will be chaired by former Barclays director Sir Nigel Rudd.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Leverage veteran Jeremy Ghose will lead the £4bn 3i Debt Management on a consolidation drive.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The senior portfolio manager for CalPERS’ alternative investments programme will stay on until 31 March.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Adena Friedman is joining The Carlyle Group, replacing Peter Nachtwey who resigned in December to join Legg Mason.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Shanghai-based Ji joined Sequoia in 2005 as managing director. He has led deals including Comsenz and Country Style Cooking.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
In a ‘blow’ to African private equity, Richard Laing will quit the development-focused fund of funds in early 2012 after the completion of a government review of its activities.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Maurice Tchenio, one of the three founders of private equity titan Apax Partners, has passed control of the firm’s French arm months before it closes a new fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
