UK-based private equity firm Octopus Investments has appointed Matthew Setchell as investment manager, reporting to director of intermediate capital Stuart Nicol and responsible for sourci

Helsinki-based private equity firm Eqvitec has announced the first closing of its third mezzanine fund, Eqvitec Mezzanine Fund III, with capital of EUR64m committed by new investors as wel

Global private equity firm Advent International, the, has agreed to sell Axtone, Europe’s largest rail freight buffer manufacturer, to IK Investment Partners, the European private equity b

Chicago-based Equity International, a privately-held investment company focused on real estate-related businesses operating outside the US, has formally dissolved its first fund, having ac

Parts of the UK’s Companies Act 2006 that will come into operation on October 1 will mean that investment directors put in place as part of a private equity buyout will be in breach of the

Cleveland-based Primus Capital Partners has announced it has completed a final closing on Primus Capital Fund VI with investor commitments totalling USD275m, beating the fund’s target of U

Apollo Management and Lazard Group have announced their intention to form a strategic partnership for private equity investments in Europe.

Seattle-based Evergreen Pacific Partners, Washington state’s largest private equity firm, has closed its second fund at USD425m, bringing its total assets under management to USD700mon beh

Auda International, a New York-based manager of hedge fund and private equity investments with some USD5bn under management, has appointed George Chacko as chief investment officer of its

Ipes Holdings, the company behind specialist Guernsey-based fund administrator International Private Equity Services, is to be acquired by the group’s management with backing from mid-mark