Nicholas Donato
MerchantBridge founder Basil Al-Rahim was among seven dead in a plane crash in Iraq on Friday. A senior partner at the firm was also killed.
Private equity funds across the globe provided investors with modest returns in the third quarter of 2010, but it was Europe which brought more to the table after two prior disappointing quarters.
Piers Dennison is the latest member of former Candover Partners to find a new start with a rival buyout shop.
Europe’s acquisition finance providers are expecting more active debt markets in 2011, a trend likely to be welcomed by mid-market players eager to refinance portfolio companies.
The television viewership tracking company, owned by a consortium of firms including Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR, has grown in further value after eclipsing its original share price.
James Owens, former chief executive at construction machinery company Caterpillar, joins as a senior advisor.
Direct secondaries specialist Cipio Partners garnered €137m in capital for its first blind-pool — short of its original target.
Dutch pension giants APG and PGGM have sold their stakes in the €32bn fund of funds to The Carlyle Group.
Ernst & Young and the Environmental Defense Fund are launching a new environmentally focused fund return programme.
The UK mid-market firm has struck a deal with Milan-based rival Quadrivio to buy Vesevo, the owner of restaurant chain Rossopomodoro.