Matt Levin

Fred Buenrostro has confirmed he will end his six-year reign at the US' largest public pension, which is also losing its CIO, Russell Read.

The JPMorgan spin-out will target early- to mid-stage companies in life sciences, internet, semiconductors and telecom infrastructure.

The London-based buyout firm will retain a 25 percent share in mobile phone giant Freenet after the merger.

The buyout firm has tapped White House economic aide Bryan Corbett for its governmental affairs team, just a week after KKR hired a former Bush campaign manager for a similar position.

Ronan Cunningham will bolster the Connecticut-based firm's investor relations team beginning later this summer.

The Florida-based buyout firm continues its international expansion.

Private equity veterans and blank cheque executives lauded the merits of special purpose acquisition companies at a conference today in New York, but warned the challenge is finding the right deal within a set time frame.

An Ohio day trader allegedly hacked into the computer of his brother-in-law, a former Caxton-Iseman executive, days before the firm’s 2006 acquisition of Ryan’s Restaurants.

Kathie Painter will join the firm’s London office.

The JPMorgan spin-out has partnered with Ontario Teachers’ and the founder of Dell Computers to rescue the subprime-hammered bank National City.