Darby Overseas Investments is fine-tuning its approach to emerging market private equity in Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe. Judy Kuan speaks with Darby’s Richard Frank and Michael Barth about the firm’s preparation for its first global private equity fund.
Partners Group and F&C Private Equity have replaced Dresdner Kleiner Wasserstein as limited partners in Kleinwort Capital Partners IV.
Lombard Investments is raising its third private equity fund dedicated to Asia, with backing for the vehicle coming from CalPERS and The Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Energy Capital Partners is seeking up to $2.25 billion for its debut fund, more than twice as much as originally expected when Goldman Sachs vet Douglas Kimmelman launched the firm last summer.
PrivateEquityOnline.com and sister publication Private Equity International have revealed the results of their fifth annual reader poll, with winners in over 50 categories.
SVG Advisers, the fund management business of London-listed private equity fund of funds SVG Capital, has closed a new collateralised fund obligation (CFO) vehicle on €500m.
Jyoti Aggarwala, former managing director at Thomas Capital Group, has started her own placement agency that will connect LPs with India fund managers.
Boston-based Advent International has sold its stake in Argentine generic pharmaceuticals maker Fada Pharma, earning a positive return on the investment despite the volatile Argentine macro environment.
The Stockholm-based private equity firm received commitments from over 50 investors for the new vehicle.
The Warsaw office of the London-based Central and Eastern Europe private equity firm has made the first investment from its recently closed Emerging Europe Convergence Fund II.