3i has confirmed its second senior hire from outside the organisation with the announcement that Simon Ball will join the firm as finance director in February 2005.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
George Soros announced he is handing over greater control of his $12.8b Soros Asset Management firm to his sons, and is spinning off his real estate, credit and private equity divisions.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe's leveraged finance market is hotter than ever – a mixed blessing for the continent's LBO sponsors
4 min read · 12 January 2013
TEX AND THE CITY 2004-12-02 Staff Writer Tom Hicks' last deal before stepping down from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the acquisition of UK footwear company Jimmy Choo, was a testament, in part, to the power of the popular HBO series “Sex and the City”.<br> <br> The series follows the romantic
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity demand for management talent working with portfolio companies on an interim basis is on the rise, says Valeria Vescina.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Market economies don't come much more turbulent than Russia's. To a growing number of private equity practitioners though, therein lies part of its attractiveness. In the wake of a major terrorist attack and a constriction of government controls, general partners active in the country tell Art Janik that Russian risk remains worth taking
10 min read · 12 January 2013
The new head of CalPERS' $20 billion private equity programme plans to expand from the powerful platform he built alongside his former boss, Rick Hayes. David Snow visited Leon Shahinian at 400 P Street to learn more about the tastes, ambitions and challenges of this Sacramento native
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms are making inroads into Germany's corporate debt markets
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Delta Capital Management, manager of the US Russia Investment Fund, has sold Russian consumer bank DeltaBank to GE Consumer Finance for a reported $100m.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The London-headquartered private equity firm has completed its eighth European transaction from a $1bn fund dedicated to the region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
