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Hicks launches PE firm

In the latest stage of his very busy retirement, Tom Hicks has made a formal return to private equity with the launch of Dallas-based Hicks Equity Partners and the hiring of three managing directors for the firm.

SVB Capital adds two partners(2)

SVB Capital has hired John Dominguez of Hill Capital Management and Vincent Williams of Northern Trust Global Investments to expand its private equity programme.

Columbia Business School launches PE programme(2)

Columbia Business School is following in the footsteps of Dartmouth and Cornell in establishing a specialised private equity programme for MBA students.

Romney seeks political capital from time at Bain

The latest Mitt Romney campaign ad makes the first mention of his time at Bain Capital and an incident in 1996 when he dispatched employees to search for the missing daughter of a partner.

Walker report vodcast highlights(4)

3i's chief executive Philip Yea, BVCA chairman Wol Kolade, Duke Street Capital's Peter Taylor and others discuss with Sir David Walker the implications of his report on transparency, webcast in partnership with The Daily Telegraph and law firm SJ Berwin.

New Venture Partners opens Silicon Valley office

Lucent Technologies spin-out New Venture Partners will bring its corporate technology spin-out model to Silicon Valley, a move enabled by the addition of former Intel research director David Tennenhouse.

CVC brings in former RBS finance chief(4)

Fred Watt, who a year ago was set to work with Doughty Hanson on a publicly listed fund that never went ahead, has joined the European LBO house as chief operating officer.

Brooks joins Monument(4)

Pioneer investor relations executive Janet Brooks is leaving ECI after 15 years to join the European operations of US placement firm Monument Group

Brooks returns to LDC(2)

Peter Brooks is set to re-join LDC, the UK bank captive and his third firm in two years. He left Sovereign Capital, where he had been managing partner, in October 2005.

BVCA names communications veteran as chief executive(3)

The search for a new chief executive has ended with the appointment of Simon Walker, a communications specialist and one time secretary to HM The Queen. He is also an adviser to the government on red-tape reduction.