Private Equity
The David Bonderman- and James Coulter-led firm has raised more capital over the last five years than any other group, meaning it tops the PEI 300 for the second year in succession.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Inflexion Private Equity has tapped a trio of executives including Shanghai-based Xuan Ye (pictured) to help its portfolio companies develop links with Brazil, China and India.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Stephen Pagliuca, managing director at Bain Capital, delivered a keynote address at PEI’s Capital Connect: MENA 2012 conference in Dubai, arguing that the future for the region looked bright.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Arle Capital Partners has made another two appointments to its investment team as it continues to move away from forerunner Candover’s pan-European strategy.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
A day after his previous employer booked its place in the UEFA Champions League semi-final, former FC Barcelona vice-chairman Marc Ingla joined Mangrove Capital Partners.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Cartesian Capital Group and the Russian Direct Investment Fund will own 2.5% and 2.7% stakes, respectively, in Russia’s Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Russia’s depreciating infrastructure and shrinking government budgets are driving the demand for private money to fund infrastructure projects, with private equity well-positioned to capitalise on the opportunity, write MRIF director Pavel Nazarov (pictured) and Squire Sanders partner Christopher Rose.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Providence is investing in Home Shopping Europe from its sixth fund that closed on $12bn in 2007. AXA will retain a minority stake in the business.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The fund will invest in second-tier Russian banks in an effort to improve economic stability and strengthen the region’s banking industry.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
China-based private equity fund returns were lagging in Q1 2012, with emerging markets returns also down year-on-year, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
