Private Equity
Kevin Albert has left Elevation Partners, which he joined in 2005. Albert will work in Pantheon’s New York office.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
AIG and a consortium comprising Primus and China Strategic have agreed to extend the deadline for the completion of the sale of AIG’s Taiwan unit.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Alfred Eckert, founder of GSC, which once managed $28bn in assets, has negotiated a new job with Black Diamond Capital.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has named former partner at Pegasus Capital Rodney Cohen as head of its new US Equity Opportunity team, which will specialise in investments of up to $150m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Why the resignation of Castle Harlan’s ‘heir apparent’ is symptomatic of this stage of the cycle.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The final, official demise of two alternative asset managers last week raises a number of important questions, but here's one especially occupying the minds of investors: how do you retain and reward the team charged with winding down a moribund manager's portfolio?
3 min read · 05 January 2013
In frontier markets plagued by corruption and other issues, there is still investor appetite for first-mover advantage.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
Yet again an energy-focused fund has defied what some placement agents have called the toughest private equity fundraising environment in history.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has brought in former Laura Ashley veteran Hans Ouwendijk to run Vlisco, a Dutch maker of fabrics for West African clothing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Netherlands-based Holland Private Equity has held a €77m interim close on its way to a target of €150m. The firm has also inked its first investment.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
