Draper Fisher Jurvetson marks the latest stage in its global expansion setting its sights on Europe again, after its flawed attempt in 2000, this time through a stake in Esprit Capital Partners.
Four directors have been appointed at UK government-backed emerging markets fund of funds CDC, as the business continues to diversify its investment activities.
The alternative investment asset manager for Deutsche Bank is seeking out established infrastructure assets for its maiden European infrastructure fund.
3i has recruited Andrzej Szostak from Rothschild Group to lead its deal activity in Poland, as it continues to commit more resource to buyouts in central and eastern Europe.
Stormberg Partners founder Michael McKinlay has been appointed executive director of Ithmaar Bank’s private equity team.
The newly formed lobbying group has released its first white paper in defence of private equity, coinciding with the first day of the Senate Finance Committee’s hearings on the taxation of carried interest.
The Stamford, Connecticut-based firm plans to continue providing expansion capital for the healthcare industry, without the use of debt.
Altamar Private Equity, a fund of funds manager with exclusively Spanish investors, has closed the country’s largest fund yet on $575m, underlining investor appetite.
Egyptian buyout firm Citadel Capital Company has signed a deal to bolt on Canadian-listed oil company Rally Energy to the National Petroleum Corporation.
A consortium led by The Carlyle Group is buying a 36.6 percent stake in Ta Chong Bank, overturning the bank’s distaste for a private equity suitor.