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Caxton-Iseman-linked insider trading charges settled

An Ohio day trader allegedly hacked into the computer of his brother-in-law, a former Caxton-Iseman executive, days before the firm’s 2006 acquisition of Ryan’s Restaurants.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

NEA boosts ‘venture growth’ team with two hires

Silicon Valley-based New Enterprise Associates has recruited Morgan Stanley's Tony Florence and MPM Capital's Paul Walker to bolster its large-scale investment team.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Harvard taps its former private equity head as CIO

Amid significant turnover, former vice president of private equity Jane Mendillo will return to the world's largest university endowment after leaving the Crimson for Wellesley College in 2002.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins hires video game pioneer

The chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon, will join the Silicon Valley firm that helped launch the gaming company 25 years ago.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Granite Global Ventures boosts team and tops up third fund

The US- and China-based private equity firm has raised an additional $200 million for its third fund 16 months after its final close, while simultaneously adding four people to its investment team.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Hirsch: ‘Mega-fund phobia’ partly driving emerging markets

Emerging markets private equity funds can be valuable in the portfolio, but some limited partners are attracted to this opportunity for the wrong reasons, Hamilton Lane CIO Erik Hirsch told delegates at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Carlyle bolsters in-house regulatory team

The buyout firm has tapped White House economic aide Bryan Corbett for its governmental affairs team, just a week after KKR hired a former Bush campaign manager for a similar position.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins to deploy $1.2bn

The renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm is planning to capitalise on 'disruptive innovation' to solve crucial challenges in energy, healthcare and communications.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Schwarzenegger pleads for public-private infrastructure investments

Public-private partnerships can produce ‘miracles’ in a state that needs more than $500bn in infrastructure investments, California’s celebrity governor said at the Milken Institute’s conference.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Paine & Partners targets Nordic region

The US firm has hired former bankers to invest in the region’s financial services, energy and seafood sectors.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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