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CalSTRS decides on director of private equity portfolio
17 Mar 2010
California State Teachers’ Retirement System has settled on who it wants to direct its $16.8bn private equity portfolio after a year-long search, selecting Margot Wirth from within the organisation.
Encore Ventures makes double appointment
15 Mar 2010
Encore Ventures, the secondaries division of European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, has boosted its investment management team with the addition of Richard Marsh as partner and Jonathan Freuchet-Sibilia...
DFJ Esprit hires senior adviser for Nordic investments
12 Mar 2010
European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has hired Mikko Suonenlahti, who joins the team as a senior adviser, focusing on investments in the B2B and B2C software, medtech, bio-IT and energy efficiency...
EMI chief executive to leave
11 Mar 2010
Elio Leoni-Sceti, chief executive of troubled record label EMI, is to step down at the end of this month. The turnaround specialist was brought in to head the company in July 2008 by private equity owner...
Another exec leaves Wilshire Private Markets
10 Mar 2010
GMAC CFO heads to Providence Equity Partners
10 Mar 2010
Carlyle ramps up debt business with new hire
09 Mar 2010
KKR nabs Sen from Citi for India office
08 Mar 2010
Yale to increase PE allocation despite difficult 2009
19 Mar 2010
Yale University has decided to increase its allocation to private equity, despite the asset class hurting the endowment’s balance sheet last year.
Carlyle pushes for greener portfolio
19 Mar 2010
The Carlyle Group, the second biggest private equity group in the business, is pushing to make its investments more environmentally sound by partnering with US non-profit organisation Environmental Defense...
Montagu scraps BSN Medical IPO
18 Mar 2010
Pan-european buy-out firm Montagu has scrapped plans to list portfolio company BSN Medical, a German bandage maker, according to reports. The firm decided that the markets were too uncertain for a flotation...
Origo Partners sets up shop in Mongolia
18 Mar 2010
Origo Partners, an AIM-listed private equity firm focused on China-linked core economic growth opportunities, has opened a new office in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator and created a new fund, Origo...
Dutch VC firm Forbion expands into Germany, funds Promedior in $12m round
17 Mar 2010
Dutch life sciences investor Forbion Capital Partners is rolling out operations at a new office in Munich and has appointed a partner, Dr Holger Reithinger, to head the team. The company has also led a...
Gordon Brown intervenes to delay AIFM debate
17 Mar 2010
KKR files for $2.2bn NYSE listing
16 Mar 2010
Limited partners warn EU over regulation
10 Mar 2010
New Zealand angel investment hits NZ$50m in 2009
05 Mar 2010
SVG Capital upbeat as NAV bounces back
04 Mar 2010
Advent prepares opening of New York office
03 Mar 2010
AOL launches VC fund to invest in the “local space”
18 Mar 2010
Web services giant AOL Inc has launched a venture capital fund, operating from its AOL Ventures division, that will focus on investments in the “local space”.
Blackstone considers $1bn fund for failed banks
18 Mar 2010
Blackstone Group, the largest private equity firm in the industry, has initiated talks over raising a $1bn fund to buy up failed banks, according to reports.
Sterling beats target with $820m fund close
17 Mar 2010
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based middle-market private equity firm, has wrapped up its fundraising of Sterling Group Partners III on $820m, beating its target of $600m.
Elevar raises second poverty-focused fund
16 Mar 2010
Emerging markets investor Elevar has raised a $70m fund to invest in growth companies, expanding the reach of microfinance and other services to the four billion people at the base of the economic pyramid...
Belgian PE firm Gimv closes fund on €609m
16 Mar 2010
Battery Ventures hits target with $750m
11 Mar 2010
Another exec leaves Wilshire Private Markets
10 Mar 2010
Israeli venture firm launches six new yuan funds
09 Mar 2010
World’s largest legal directory Avvo collects $10m
19 Mar 2010
Avvo Inc, a company which sells itself as the world’s largest legal directory, has received $10m in a new round of financing led by DAG Ventures. Previous investors Benchmark Capital and Ignition Partners...
PE trio to take control of Extended Stay Hotels for $905m
19 Mar 2010
A trio of private equity firms - Starwood Capital Group, TPG Capital and Five Mile Capital Partners - has agreed to invest $905m in Extended Stay Hotels Inc, as part of a recapitalisation plan that will...
CVC chases National Lottery provider Camelot
19 Mar 2010
Camelot, the UK provider of the National Lottery, is being courted by two final bidders – private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which has been trying its...
Solar Junction beams with $13.3m funding
18 Mar 2010
US solar company Solar Junction has raised $13.3m in a series C round of funding from existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Advanced Technology Ventures and New Enterprise Associates, according to...
Blackstone in $600m China agricultural deal
18 Mar 2010
A consortium led by US private equity firm Blackstone is to invest around $600m in a Chinese agricultural company ahead of its Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing, according to reports.
General Atlantic in $425m India renewables deal
17 Mar 2010
Apax considering Polycom take-private
17 Mar 2010
