Bahrain-based Unicorn Investment Bank has acquired an 80 per cent stake in Victron, a specialty provider of complex electronics manufacturing services based in Fremont, California.

Thirty-eight venture-backed European companies completed initial public offerings in 2007, raising EUR893.6m, according to the European Liquidity Report from Dow Jones VentureSource, down

Kuwait-based NBK Capital has announced the completion of the sale of Turkish edible oils company Yudum Foods to Afia International, a subsidiary of Savola of Saudi Arabia, for USD70.7m.

The private equity real estate sector may be slowing down as the credit crunch affects investor confidence, but signs for 2008 are encouraging, according to Preqin Real Estate Online, part

US east coast private equity firm General Atlantic has hired John Bernstein, a former partner at Advent International, as a managing director in its London office.

Los Angeles-based Colony Capital has appointed Richard Nanula as a principal, reporting to chairman and chief executive Thomas Barrack.

Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Capital has announced the closing of its second private equity fund, Sorenson Capital Partners II, which has attracted approximately USD400m in capital – the

The consolidation trend in hedge funds was off to a flying start this year.

Partners Group, an alternative asset manager based in Zug, Switzerland, has reported that its estimated assets under management reached CHF24.4bn at the end of last year, reflecting net gr