Private Equity

Middle East

Wisconsin pension hires StepStone

PCG spin-out StepStone will manage the State of Wisconsin Investment Board’s specialised private equity fund investments.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Citi Venture Capital enters Israel

Citi Venture Capital International has made its first investment in Israel in Aviv Venture Capital’s second fund.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Credit Suisse, Abu Dhabi back $77m solar investment(3)

Paladin Capital and a fund led by Credit Suisse, with the backing of the Abu Dhabi government, have invested $77 million in a producer of thin film solar products.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

KPS earns over 2x return on packing company exit(3)

KPS Capital Partners has exited its position in Blue Ridge Holding, selling the company to the Rank Group for $338 million and a more than 2x return.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

DIC makes first direct MENA investment

Dubai International Capital has completed its first direct private equity investment in the region through the acquisition of luxury company Rivoli Group.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Credit Suisse, Abu Dhabi back $77m solar investment(2)

Paladin Capital and a fund led by Credit Suisse, with the backing of the Abu Dhabi government, have invested $77 million in a producer of thin film solar products.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Carlyle hires global regulatory affairs head

Carlyle has hired international trade and policy expert David Marchick to provide in-house government affairs, regulatory and strategic advice to its fund managers.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Senate witness: Carry tax is Abu Ghraib of tax code(3)

The Senate Finance Committee’s second inquiry into carried interest featured witnesses who support and oppose the carried interest designation as capital gains, including one who compared current carried interest tax policy to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison incident of the Iraq War.

3 min read · 04 January 2013

Credit Suisse, Abu Dhabi back $77m solar investment

Paladin Capital and a fund led by Credit Suisse, with the backing of the Abu Dhabi government, have invested $77 million in a producer of thin film solar products.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Hopes of LBO revival as Cinven makes Emap bid

European buyout firm Cinven’s £2 billion bid for two divisions of media group Emap is the second largest new offer since debt market turmoil decimated the market for leveraged loans.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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