Suzanne Weinstock

New York-based alternative asset manager Palmfund Management will acquire Latin American publishing operations from information provider LexisNexis.

The middle market private equity firm has hired bottled water exec Dennis O’Brien.

Emerging markets private equity funds can be valuable in the portfolio, but some limited partners are attracted to this opportunity for the wrong reasons, Hamilton Lane CIO Erik Hirsch told delegates at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York.

The Swiss bank's commitment to Hudson Clean Energy Partners is the third major private equity-backed cleantech initiative announced this week.

The $6 billion San Francisco foundation, with a large allocation to private equity, has promoted Denise Strack, a former head of private equity for Stanford University’s endowment.

The New Jersey Division of Investment has proposed commitments to four private equity funds following an increase in allocation limits for alternatives.

The ‘diversified venture capital concern’, New York-based Vedanta Capital, is raising a fund for venture and private equity investment.

The energy focussed-private equity firm will join AES in an attempt to ‘change the fundamental economics of solar power’.

The $37.5 billion Maryland State Retirement Agency is increasing its target allocation for private equity to 5 percent from 2 percent indicating an extra $1.1 billion could now be available for commitment.

The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has promoted four members of its 13 person team.