New York-based North River Investment Management, a manager of private equity funds that seek to invest in financial assets in the commercial real estate sector, has launched its first com

GMT Communications Partners, a European private equity group focused exclusively on the communications sector, and the Peacock Equity Fund, a joint venture between GE Commercial Finance’s

East Capital Private Equity has launched a new fund to invest in shopping centres and retail real estate in regional cities in Russia, as well as in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has announced the recruitment as a partner of Fred Kindle, the former president and chief executive of ABB, the Zurich-based multinational

Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, a private equity firm focused on middle-market investments, has announced that it soon will become an unaffiliated independent company, following the acquisi

Zurich-based private equity fund of funds manager Adveq has announced the closing of Adveq Opportunity II with commitments of USD 457.5 million and the completion of its registration with

European speculative-grade companies recorded lower cash coverage to make interest payments in the first quarter of 2008 than in 2007, when they were already at record thin levels, accordi

International private equity firm the Carlyle Group has closed its third European real estate fund, Carlyle Europe Real Estate Partners III, with EUR2.2bn, compared with an initial target

In spite of the ongoing economic turmoil, merger and acquisition activity across Europe and to a greater extent in the UK has remained surprisingly robust for the first quarter of this yea