Private Equity
Lee Stern will work in KKR’s fledgling mezzanine business, which was formed in 2008.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Richard Parsons will advise the media- and communications-focused buyout firm, which is reportedly mulling a bid for the Travel Channel along with KKR and THL.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Blackstone’s chairman has told the SEC a firm like his would never have reached its level of success, which directly benefits pensioners, without placement agents.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Richard Allsopp, who established and led UBS’ private placement division for 10 years, will join the London-based boutique as it further expands.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Rob McCombie has joined the Close Brothers spin-out, which has so far raised £300m for its first fund independent of its former parent.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As it looks to deploy $20bn in dry powder, CVC has hired financial services industry veterans Bob Jenkins and Jim Sutcliffe to advise on the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Several 3i partners will join DFJ Esprit’s venture secondaries arm, which will manage a portion of 3i’s European VC assets with backing from Coller and HarbourVest.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Kenneth Lee's retirement comes ahead of the firm's plans to raise a China-focused fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Shweta Jalan has joined Advent's fledgling Indian operations. The hire follows six additions to its operating partner programme in the past three weeks.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Florian, who heads the energy-focused private equity firm’s infrastructure team, told attendees at the New York State Infrastructure Summit today that new forms of financing should be utilised for such a project to have real value.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
