Cezary Podkul

This is the second bank deal for the New York private equity firm, registered as a US bank holding company. It comes amid increased interest in the role that private equity firms can play with cash-strapped US banks.

BaltcCap's acquisition of Estonian diagnostic company Quattromed highlights the region’s growing pipeline for private equity deals.

A study conducted by a London-based private equity investment club found that more than two years after the UK government cleared the way to let self-invested personal pension schemes invest in private equity, 21 percent of scheme providers still restrict their investors from participating in the asset class.

Armed with €100m of initial committed capital, the French commercial bank’s private equity division will begin a co-investment business to complement its existing funds. Paris-based Frantz Paulus will head co-investment activities for the bank.

The fund will give the healthcare-focused private equity firm an estimated $2bn of purchasing power for middle market and divestiture deals, the first of which will be the acquisition of a controlling stake in a portfolio company of Gentiva Health Services for $147m.

The US private equity firm has completed its first exit from its debut fund wit the sale of FirstLight for a reported value of $1.9bn. Energy Capital paid $1.34bn for FirstLight’s predecessor company in November 2006.

The private equity firm, backed solely by Wells Fargo, has raised a new $1.2bn equity fund and $500m mezzanine fund.

The beleaguered Australian infrastructure specialist is reviewing Babcock & Brown Capital, a move that follows its purchase of another satellite fund’s management rights and highlights the difficulties the satellite fund model has faced in the wake of the global credit crisis.

Aureos' recent Sri Lankan deal highlights the island nation’s often overlooked investment opportunities, writes Cezary Podkul.

The software giant has bettered by $2 per share an earlier offer by the media and communications buyout firm during Greenfield Online's go-shop period.