The US energy specialist is bucking the buyout slowdown as it looks to growth in the booming oil market, where it has invested for more than 25 years.
As the furore surrounding private equity in the UK grew, the BVCA took pre-emptive action and commissioned an independent report on disclosure and transparency. Sir David Walker hopes his recommendations will be widely adopted in 2008.
The debt-focussed private investment firm has raised $194 million from listing an energy fund on Goldman Sachs' private exchange. It is the fourth private equity vehicle to do so since the exchange began trading in May.
Enterprise Investors will merge two Polish transportation businesses in a deal worth €34 million. The deal comes as Société Générale acquires a Polish baker.
The French bank's acquisition of Fornetti Wroclaw is the latest in a spate of deals in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Founders Fund, a venture firm launched three years ago by the founders of Paypal, has raised $220 million for its first institutional fund.
The chief executive of emerging markets investor CDC still believes there is money to be made, but managers will have to work harder to improve portfolio companies.
Financing is nearing completion for Blackstone’s first Ugandan deal, a hydroelectric project on the Victoria Nile.
An improved bid from Montagu Private Equity and its rival HgCapital has unlocked the UK waste company's books for due diligence.
The real estate investment management firm is partnering with local developer Flagstone on a mixed-use property near Florida’s Miami Beach.