Alternative investment management group DE Shaw has announced an expansion of its private equity activities with the recruitment of David Lyon to work alongside Patrick Collins, the senior

The Blackstone Group has appointed Joan Solotar as a senior managing director and head of public market activities in preparation for the private equity firm’s planned stock market flotati

Quadrangle Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on the media and communications industries, has agreed to acquire Dennis Publishing, the US arm of the publishing group founded b

Kensington Investment Group has announced the launch on June 29 of the Kensington Global Infrastructure Fund to its family of funds, set to launch on June 29, which seeks to offer exposure

Asia Alternatives, which claims to be the largest independent, private equity fund of funds manager active in the region, has completed the final close of Asia Alternatives Capital Partner

Alinda Capital Partners has completed the final close of the Alinda Infrastructure Fund I, which focuses on public sector and energy infrastructure assets that provide essential services t

Lehman Brothers has raised USD1.5bn for Lehman Crossroads Fund XVIII, a private equity fund of funds focused on investing in premier private equity funds active in leveraged buyout, ventur

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Richard L Clemmer, an experienced technology industry executive who was most recently chief executive of semiconductor firm Agere Systems, as a senior

Palamon Capital Partners, a European leading mid-market private equity firm, has acquired a significant stake in D&D Media Group, one of the leading independent audiovisual production

Global Infrastructure Partners, a private equity fund dedicated to investing in global infrastructure assets, has opened an office in Hong Kong to serve as a base for the firm’s investment