EDITOR'S CHOICE Institutional Investor Profile: Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director, ACG Private Equity 27/08/2008. Lorenzo Lorenzotti on Central and Eastern Europe, on cleantech, on the attraction of sector-focused funds, on listed private equity firms and on the evolution of the financial industry. RECENT NEWS Cressey & Company opens Nashville office 28/08/2008 CD&R to acquire Bodycote's materials testing business for £417m 28/08/2008 Leonardo Venture Capital's MD Professor Wupperfeld quits 28/08/2008 US private equity firm Leonard Green sells florist chain FTD for $754m 28/08/2008 Biopharmaceutical expert Edward Mathers joins NEA 27/08/2008 Kuwaiti investment bank Global acquires Saudi-based retail chain Al Sawani 27/08/2008 Energy private equity firm First Reserve establishes nuclear fuel supply company Accord 27/08/2008 SLCP holds €520m fourth closing on latest fund of funds 26/08/2008 US venture capital firm Battery expands Israel office 26/08/2008 Clean Resources Asia launches long-only water fund 26/08/2008 Altor closes third fund on €2bn 22/08/2008 Nexus India Capital closes early stage fund on $220m 21/08/2008 Actis invests in IPO of Tunisian conglomerate Poulina Group 21/08/2008 Amanda Capital CEO Petteri Änkilä to step down 21/08/2008 VC investment in India significantly up to $238m in Q2 2008 21/08/2008 European private equity firm Cinven withdraws Elan offer 21/08/2008 Vector-owned Corel confirms it is in discussions with third party 21/08/2008 Canadian firm PCP launches healthcare fund, hires former health minister 20/08/2008 Endless backs £70m buy-out of Crown Paints 20/08/2008 AIP closes $405m fund 19/08/2008 Evergreen hires Edward Whatley as senior vice president 19/08/2008 Permira to sell Jet Aviation to General Dynamics 19/08/2008 Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund III sells International Logging 19/08/2008 Carlyle chairman Louis Gerstner, Jr steps down 19/08/2008 China venture capital investment reaches $1.37bn in Q2 19/08/2008 French firm Sagard to sell warehouse logistics operator CEPL to Arcapita 18/08/2008 EVCA announces new board members 18/08/2008 Cinven reportedly targets up to €10bn for new fund 18/08/2008 Researcher Sarah Pratt joins Sovereign from Citigroup Global Markets 18/08/2008 Baird closes third venture capital fund on $170m 18/08/2008 Who we are AltAssets is the private equity industry’s most widely used information source. We receive over 434,000 visits from industry professionals a month, downloading up to 3 million pages of information. read more » Featured jobs Financial Journalist, AltAssets » Senior Investment Principal / Partner, Cleantech VC Investor, London » Advertise jobs » Free subscription Private Equity Newsletter Provides essential news and research to institutional investors, private equity managers and professional advisors subscribe » advertise on altassets Tell the global PE industry about your services, strategies and vacancies by placing a banner on the AltAssets site. enquire now » Read of the month Sample chapter 1 "What is private equity?"