Emerging markets registered a decline in both new capital commitments and private equity investment activity during the first six months of 2009, but captured a larger share of global private equity activity than ever before.   A total of 84 emerging market funds raised USD16 billion through June, down 55%

PPF Partners has acquired a 40% stake in Energy and Industrial Holding (EP Holding) for an undisclosed sum. EP Holding is a new group of energy and industrial companies spun off from Czech investment firm J&T Group. The shareholding structure of the newly formed EP Holding has also been finalised

SEI’s private equity business has more than doubled in the past 18 months, as more firms adopt operational outsourcing to focus resources on core business functions. New clients include private equity funds from Hamilton Lane and Garrison Capital Management, among others, and SEI’s private equity business now totals more than

Conversus Capital, the largest publicly traded portfolio of third party private equity funds, has reduced the management fees it pays to Conversus Asset Management (CAM), the manager of the firm’s investment portfolio. The Conversus Independent Board of Directors has accepted CAM`s proposal to reduce its aggregate management fees by approximately

Palamon Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has appointed Owen Wilson as a Vice President. Wilson’s appointment takes Palamon’s London-based team to 17 investment professionals. The firm, with EUR1.1 billion of equity under management, is currently investing its second Pan-European fund, Palamon European Equity II, LP.

Spigit, provider of a leading innovation management platform for enterprise, has received a USD10 million equity investment from Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm. Spigit will use the growth capital to continue to build on its strong customer base, expanding its product development, and sales and marketing efforts. "We