The private equity real estate sector may be slowing down as the credit crunch affects investor confidence, but signs for 2008 are encouraging, according to Preqin Real Estate Online, part

US east coast private equity firm General Atlantic has hired John Bernstein, a former partner at Advent International, as a managing director in its London office.

Los Angeles-based Colony Capital has appointed Richard Nanula as a principal, reporting to chairman and chief executive Thomas Barrack.

Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Capital has announced the closing of its second private equity fund, Sorenson Capital Partners II, which has attracted approximately USD400m in capital – the

The consolidation trend in hedge funds was off to a flying start this year.

Partners Group, an alternative asset manager based in Zug, Switzerland, has reported that its estimated assets under management reached CHF24.4bn at the end of last year, reflecting net gr

The Blackstone Group has agreed in principle to acquire GSO Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager specialising in the leveraged finance marketplace with approximately USD10bn unde

Corporate Partners II, a New York-based private equity fund managed by Lazard Alternative Investments, has invested EUR50m in Waterford Wedgwood, the company behind Waterford Crystal and W

Oak Hill Capital Partners, a US-based private equity firm, has agreed to buy eight Fox network affiliated television stations from owner and operator News Corporation for USD1.1bn in cash.