Jennifer Harris

The new fund is just one of several regionally focussed vehicles Aureos Capital is in the midst of raising.

GenNx360 Capital Partners has raised $500 million (€338 million) for its debut fund, which will target underperforming industrial business-to-business companies with revenues between $250 million and $1 billion.

HarbourVest Partners’ latest fund of funds has a Europe-focussed main fund and an Asia Pacific-focussed sidecar fund.

First Reserve hopes to take advantage of soaring nuclear power industry demand for uranium with an acquisition in South Africa.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners has added the first dental company to its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of Den-Mat Holdings.

Ken Moelis is continuing to grow his new firm’s roster with the hire of former CCMP Capital Advisors principal Stephan Oppenheimer.

The private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments has brought in Diane Smith to lead a dramatic expansion of its Latin American mezzanine business.

Emerging Capital Partners has made its fifth investment in the African oil and gas sector, capturing a stake in Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas firm.

Private equity returns for the Wisconsin Retirement System dipped slightly from 25.5 percent in 2006 to 24.8 percent in 2007, but outperformed every other asset class in the pension fund’s portfolio.

Cisco’s chief development officer, Charles Giancarlo, will join Silver Lake Partners as a managing director in January, as the firm raises $10 billion for its fourth buyout fund.