Private Equity
The 28-year-old firm continues to bolster its back office with the hire of Christopher Esqueda, who has worked as controller at several technology-based companies and started his career at Ernst & Young.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Country head Matteo Carlotti has amicably left the European buyout firm after disagreements over the direction of its Italian operations. The firm's Italian investments include racing brand Sparco.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The German fund of funds has hired Andrés Ebhardt, who has a background working with high net worth families, to expand the firm’s international investor base.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-based venture firm has bolstered its Silicon Valley office with the appointment of Victor Westerlind as a general partner. RockPort closed its third cleantech fund last June on $453m, slightly above its hard cap.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, the law firm for private equity and real estate heavyweights like Blackstone, KKR and JC Flowers, will guide the government as it spends up to $250bn purchasing equity stakes in banks.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The US industry body, the Real Estate Roundtable, said the US government’s $700bn plan to buy-up troubled mortgage-related assets had a high ‘price tag,’ but argued that it was the best way forward.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Carlyle co-founder said he and other private equity players would be among the biggest buyers of the distressed mortgage- and real estate-related assets set to be acquired by the US governments’ $700bn financial rescue plan.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
After losing three senior investment team members already this year, European Capital has lost investment team associate Johannes Huttunen to the former captive private equity arm of Prudential.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The financial services-focused firm has hired Mitchell Caplan, former chief executive of the online stock trading giant. Founded in 2005 as a joint venture between Venturion Capital and Jeffrey Greenberg, Aquiline is currently investing its debut $1.1bn fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has hired Hidetaka Fukuda, previously a tech policy specialist at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
