Oliver Smiddy

CVC’s Asian arm has ceded control of Australian media group Nine Entertainment as part of a $3.4bn debt-for-equity swap, which represents the Asia-Pacific region’s biggest ever private equity write-off.

Following a restructuring, Threadneedle Investments has bolstered its emerging markets debt capabilities by hiring John Peta from Acadian Asset Management.

The fund of funds manager, whose longstanding chief executive David Currie retired last month, has hit a first close for a fund of funds focused targeted at the North American market.

Managing director Olivier Berment will lead the French group’s private debt business alongside Cécile Mayer-Lévi.

American Industrial Partners, EQT and Headland Capital won the overall Americas, EMEA and Asia categories in PEI's inaugural Operational Excellence Awards.

The Carlyle Group has closed its third new-issue CLO fund of the last 12 months as its ‘Global Market Strategies’ platform continues to expand.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has appointed Colm Lanigan, who until recently had run Tara Capital, to lead its co-investment unit.

The appointment of Daniel Green as chief investment officer allows chief executive Marleen Groen to focus purely on her role as head of the business as it continues to expand.

Blackstone's credit arm GSO Capital Partners has launched a new strategic credit fund that will invest in loans and fixed income instruments, primarily in the US.

Following a restructuring in the wake of co-founder Nigel Doughty's death earlier this year, one of Doughty Hanson's private equity co-heads has decided to leave the firm.