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GLOBAL - Bear Stearns acquires Macquarie arm
LSE-listed fund-of-funds Bear Stearns Private Equity (BSPEL) has offered A$115.5 for Macquarie Private Capital Group (MPCG), an ASX-listed private equity fund-of-funds.
Bowmark Capital Survey
UK lower mid-market defies the gloom
ITALY - Unipol Banca enters the world of private equtiy
Unipol Banca has launched new private equity player Unipol Private Equity with the support of Unipol Merchant.
The problem with sovereign wealth funds
Stuart Mills considers the impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds on the private equity market.
CEE - Goldman Sachs acquires stake in Dragon Capital
Goldman Sachs has acquired a minority stake in Dragon Capital, Ukraine’s largest securities brokerage, investment banking, private equity and asset management firm. Dragon Capital is listed on the Ukranian Stock Exchange. Dragon Capital's management...
CEE - Advent International strengthens team
Advent International has recruited Dan Morgan and Albena Vassileva as new principals to its Central & Eastern Europe team. This brings the number of new hires this year to six, and increases the size of the team dedicated to the region to sixteen people.
BENELUX - 3i Benelux makes two appointments to advisory board
3i Benelux has announced the appointment of Marc van Gelder and Marcel van Poecke to its advisory board. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, the former Minister of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands, had joined the advisory board in February. Van Gelder and van...
EUROPE - CVC launches new infrastructure business
CVC Capital Partners has announced the launch of a new infrastructure investment business, with Stephen Vineberg appointed as chief executive.
BALTIC - BaltCap acquires remaining stake in itself
The management of Baltic private equity firm BaltCap have acquired the remaining stake in the firm from Evli Group and CapMan. Previously Evli and CapMan had been minority shareholders in BaltCap.
CEE - Mid Europa appoints three new partners
Mid Europa Partners, the largest private equity firm focused on buyouts in Central Europe, announced today the appointment of Robert Knorr, Zbigniew Rekusz and Matthew Strassberg as partners. Knorr joined Mid Europa in 1999 and is based in London. He...
EUROPE - HgCapital strengthens renewable energies team
HgCapital has announced the appointment of Jean Pararnaud and Jens Thomassen as associate directors and the internal promotions of Emma Tinker and Rob deLazlo.
EUROPE - H.I.G Capital opens new European offices
H.I.G Capital, a global private equity firm specialising in investments in small to medium sized companies, has announced the opening of offices in France and Germany.
FINLAND - CapMan strengthens its management team
CapMan Plc Group has strengthened its management group and organisation. Kaisa Arovaara, has been appointed as CFO of CapMan and member of the management group responsible for the new internal services unit. Partner Jerome Bouix will transfer to head...
CEE - AIG Investments appoints new managing director of AIG Capital Partners
AIG Investments has appointed Serkan Elden as managing director of AIG Capital Partners and President and CEO of AIG Blue Voyage Advisors. Elden will be based in Istanbul to lead AIG Capital Partners’ investment activities in Turkey and its surrounding...
EUROPE - CVC hires former RBS CFO
CVC Capital Partners has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief financial officer Fred Watt as chief operating officer.