PCG Asset Management, a private equity asset management and advisory firm, has announced the opening of a Singapore office headed by Jean-Noël Odier. Odier was previously in change of BNP’s wealth management business for family offices in Asia.   ‘With the hire of Jean-Noël Odier to head up our international

Canadian low-cost wireless carrier BMV Holdings has announced that Omers Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Ontario municipal government pension scheme, has signed an agreeme

Low risk assets could offer private investors the best prospects of attractive returns in 2009 as the world’s leading industrialised nations face recession, according to Gary Dugan, the

After three strong quarters of resistance, private equity fund-raising slowed to a virtual standstill in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to analysis by Dow Jones Private Equity An

Even with the broader economic pullback in the final quarter of the year, European private equity firms managed to raise USD105.7bn across 156 funds in 2008, according to Dow Jones Priv

Huntington Capital, a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments, has announced the closing of USD78m in capital commitments for Huntington Capital Fund II, its second me

The LRG Capital Hospitality Group has launched the LRG Capital Hospitality Fund, formed to capitalize on opportunities created by the current economic crisis.

A group of industry experts has launched Darwin Financial Platform, a company offering full service business partnerships to starting investment managers.

General Dynamics has completed the acquisition of AxleTech International, announced last November, from Washington DC-based private equity firm the Carlyle Group.

Zurich-based Finvest Asset Management has been awarded a USD2.5bn allocation for investment in private equity.