Andy Thomson
Lehman Brothers’ private equity arm has hit its $500m fundraising target for a listed fund of funds despite planned flotations of other alternative asset vehicles being knocked off course.
The London- and Paris-based investment group has wrapped up a total of €86m in fresh funding.
Having devoted much time and effort to China, Silicon Valley VCs are beginning to turn their attention to Asia’s other emerging giant. By Andy Thomson.
GBS Finanzas, a Madrid-based investment bank that has sourced a number of deals for Spanish private equity firms, is planning a fund of its own.
The Nordic alternative assets investor has followed up an exit earlier this week with an acquisition today.
The Japan-focused private equity house has acquired OCC Corporation, a cable systems company, from the IRCJ, the state-backed corporate rescue organisation.
Jun Tsusaka, a veteran private equity investor and investment banker, has joined US-based buyout firm Texas Pacific Group to head up its Japanese activities from Tokyo.
AnaCap Financial Partners, a new pan-European private equity firm focusing on the financial services sector, has raised an oversubscribed €300m vehicle.
SVG Advisers, the fund management business of London-listed private equity fund of funds SVG Capital, has closed a new collateralised fund obligation (CFO) vehicle on €500m.
Syntaxis Capital has been launched by a trio of former Mezzanine Management executives with the backing of UK-based mezzanine investor Indigo Capital.