Paris-headquartered AXA Private Equity has followed the recent spate of private equity firms hiring in Germany with an appointment to its Frankfurt office.
The UK midmarket fund’s second fund includes an investment by the Royal Mail Pension Plan, the first commitment of third party capital that the firm has received.
The global private equity firm has recruited Simon Moore from Investcorp to spearhead its push into Australia from a new Sydney office.
Six years after raising its debut fund, the private equity and mezzanine debt investor has raised $700m for its second middle-market buyout vehicle.
The emerging markets private equity investor has raised a combined $475m through two simultaneous fundraising efforts covering India and the South Asia region.
By leading a consortium to acquire Nuevo Banco Comercial, Advent International has become the first private equity fund to invest in Uruguay since the late 1990s.
Pangaea Capital Management, the Singapore-based distressed debt investor, has acquired a 6.88% stake in Huaxia Bank, one of five listed banks in China.
Following his departure from DLJ Merchant Banking earlier this year, Thompson Dean and 15 of his former colleagues have formed Avista Capital Partners.
Intel Capital has teamed with Enterprise Investors for the second time to close its largest deal in Central and Eastern Europe to date.
AIG Global Investment Group has placed ex-GE Capital executive Robert Thompson in charge of all private equity and hedge fund activities globally.