Suzanne Weinstock

The New York-based private equity firm has made Peter Calamari a principal and promoted CFO Brendan Spillane.

Egyptian buyout firm Citadel Capital has reportedly begun preparing for a $200 million listing in the second half of this year.

Market participants are optimistic on Canadian investment opportunities and fundraising levels despite credit market difficulties, a study has found.

Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and a Kentucky state pension are among the LPs that helped Louisville, Kentucky-based Chrysalis Ventures exceed the target for its fourth fund.

New York-based Avista Capital has hired a former Mobil executive as industry advisor to the firm’s energy practice.

Two California Indian tribes and Wells Fargo are the lead investors in what is characterised as 'the first commingled, multi-tribe private equity fund' for direct investment.

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has attributed strong 2007 returns to its alternatives allocation, including private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Just three years old and without any exits, life sciences-focussed Clarus Ventures has closed its second fund after two months of fundraising.

A research report from one of the world’s largest consultancies argues that private equity’s success is sustainable and not dependent on the debt markets.

Accrue Sports, based in New York, plans to capitalise on the ‘digital shift as it related to sports’, and hopes to raise an institutional fund by 2009.