Corporate leaders and investors should prepare for the private equity ownership of companies to continue to increase, accelerating a trend that has dominated the US business scene for the

The Aztec Group, which currently offers administration services to private equity, venture capital and real estate vehicles as well as alternative fund of funds in Jersey and Guernsey, has

The board of Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company, a leading Indian construction company, has approved an investment of USD150m by funds managed by the Blackstone Group through a

The European private equity boom experienced in recent years continued throughout the first half of 2007, with a record breaking EUR130.6bn worth of deals being completed during the first

Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm specialising exclusively in the energy and power sectors, has appointed Lord Browne of Madingley, the former chief executive of BP, as a managing

Vista Ventures, a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm, has appointed Lisa Reeves, previously senior vice-president of SAP Ventures, as a general partner.

Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has agreed to sell Palace Entertainment, the largest owner and operator of water parks and family entertainment centres in the US, to Parques Reunidos

Partners Group, the Switzerland-based alternative asset manager, says its half-year results for the six months to June 30 reflect consistent investment performance combined with the shift

London-based private equity and venture capital firm 3i Group has announced plans to establish the 3i India Infrastructure Fund to apply the investment strategy of 3i’s global infrastructu

Private equity firm Carlyle Group has established a team to conduct private equity investments in Central and Eastern Europe to be headed by Warsaw-based managing director Ryszard Wojtkows