Private Equity
Commitments to the Pan-African private equity firm, led by managing partner Kofi Bucknor, came just shy of its $500m target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Bill Green, the co-founder of a clean technology investment practice at VantagePoint Venture Partners, will lead Macquarie Capital Funds’ push into renewable energy infrastructure in North America. Macquarie currently has only a small portion of its infrastructure assets under management devoted to renewables.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Varun Bajpai and Praveen Gupta have been appointed the CEO and deputy CEO of SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Management respectively.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has reached a deal in which Markstone will pay back all management fees related to the state's pension.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Siano Mobile Silicon will use the capital to scale up its production capacity, develop new products and explore new markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based firm has led seven other investors in backing Tower Vision, as they look to capitalise on India's rapidly growing wireless telecoms market.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Just $1.12bn was invested in Israel's 'at-risk' venture capital sector in 2009 - a 46% decline on the 2008 total. A further slump is predicted for 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In the new private equity fundraising reality, GPs are going to have to clock up a lot more air miles, writes Christopher Witkowsky
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Turkey’s dynamic demographics and healthy macroeconomic trends have caught the attention of the global private equity industry. But some challenges remain.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
The MENA-focused firm and the Palestine Investment Fund, an entity that invests on behalf of Palestinians, have provided a $15m anchor commitment to a fund that will invest in Palestinian SMEs.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
