New York-based Energy Investors Funds, a private equity fund manager that invests in the energy and electric power sector, has announced that its United States Power Fund II has sold the w

Institutional private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has appointed as a senior advisor Phil Yates, an executive with 35 years’ experience in the global packaging industry who wa

European buyout specialist Candover has reached agreement the sale of the Thule Group, a leader in sports utility transportation that it acquired two and a half years ago, to Nordic Capita

Lehman Brothers Private Equity, a unit of the US investment banking group, has announced that it is considering giving investors access to its private equity investment platform through a

SBI Holdings has signed an agreement with Goldman Sachs to jointly invest in middle-sized growing companies in Japan under which Goldman will acquire 40 per cent of its buy-out and enterpr

European mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has sold its interest in D.A.V.I.D., a German-based provider of software solutions to the broadcasting industry, to Munich-

Investec has expanded its fund administration business in the Channel Islands by opening an office in Jersey, with the aim of building on its existing operations in Guernsey to benefit fro

The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey rose by 8.6 per cent during the first quarter of this year and by nearly 25 per cent over the past 12 months to reach a total of