Jennifer Harris

The San Francisco mid-market firm increased its dry powder to address opportunities in the post-subprime meltdown environment.

One of mainland China’s four major banks will enter the private equity industry, providing fund management services for a new state-backed fund.

The new fund is just one of several regionally focussed vehicles Aureos Capital is in the midst of raising.

First Reserve hopes to take advantage of soaring nuclear power industry demand for uranium with an acquisition in South Africa.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners has added the first dental company to its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of Den-Mat Holdings.

Private equity returns for the Wisconsin Retirement System dipped slightly from 25.5 percent in 2006 to 24.8 percent in 2007, but outperformed every other asset class in the pension fund’s portfolio.

Emerging Capital Partners has made its fifth investment in the African oil and gas sector, capturing a stake in Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas firm.

The private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments has brought in Diane Smith to lead a dramatic expansion of its Latin American mezzanine business.

The debt-focussed private investment firm has raised $194 million from listing an energy fund on Goldman Sachs' private exchange. It is the fourth private equity vehicle to do so since the exchange began trading in May.

The Founders Fund, a venture firm launched three years ago by the founders of Paypal, has raised $220 million for its first institutional fund.