P3 and Pearl Holding have each substantially increased their net asset values underlining the record-breaking year enjoyed by private equity in 2006.
Countrywide postpones shareholder vote to give 3i more time to canvass support.
3i has completed its third exit in two weeks with the $75m sale of a global positioning systems company it invested in alongside Nordic VC InnovationsKapital.
Hank Greenberg’s former Morgan Stanley advisor, Douglas Brown, has reportedly begun raising a fund through DLB Capital.
Citigroup joins forces with a UK government-backed investor to target African opportunities.
Benchmark Capital-backed social networking site Bebo has hired information technology veteran and former Google managing director Joanna Shields as president, and will move out of Benchmark’s offices this week.
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has a new senior partner.
Macquarie Bank has teamed up with rival BC Partners to takeover Techem in Germany’s first ‘hostile’ public-to-private.
Former gatekeeper David Hutchings is returning to his gatekeeper roots with a plan to build a private equity business at Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm.
The Dutch bank’s Global Infrastructure Fund is adding to its portfolio of European gas transportation assets.