The Blackstone Group says adverse global market and economic conditions led to lower revenues and a loss for the fourth quarter and full year 2008.

Productivity growth at private equity portfolio companies is 13.5 percentage points higher than for comparable business not owned by private equity partnerships, according to a study by

21 Centrale Partners and Indigo Capital have reached an exclusivity agreement for the acquisition of Prezioso Technilor through an investment vehicle managed by 21 Centrale Partners, al

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is to take a 20 per cent stake in Japanese fund of private equity funds manager Alternative Investment Capital, as part of a business alliance focuse

US marketing analytics firm MarketShare Partners has announced that private equity firm Elevation Partners has made a minority equity investment in the company.

The typical US institutional investment manager experienced a 31 per cent reduction in portfolio asset values in 2008 with a suddenness that has left investors stunned, according a stud

US venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has announced the closing of a USD350m supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007.

Singapore-based DBS Bank has announced that its private equity arm has established a USD100m onshore renminbi fund to invest in promising unlisted companies in China.

Locust Walk Partners has been established as a boutique strategic and transaction advisory firm with offices in Boston and Philadelphia, providing strategic reviews and business and cor

Hedge fund industry body the Alternative Investment Management Association will take part in a high-level conference on private equity and hedge funds organised by the European Commission