QVT Financial’s QVT Fund has filed petitions for an injunction against Galatasaray Sportif, as well as the individual members of Sportif’s board of directors, in order to prevent Sportif from completing what QVT views as an illegal merger with Sportif’s majority shareholder, Galatasaray Spor ve Futbol. QVT Fund is the
California State Teachers’ Retirement System has named Margot Wirth as director of the USD16.8bn private equity portfolio. Wirth will direct a staff of 20 who manage the private equity portfolio, which accounts for 12.7 per cent of the USD132.6bn Calstrs investment portfolio as of 28 February 2010. The private equity
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has promoted 13 employees across its 18 worldwide offices. The European team has promoted five professionals, including Peter Parmentier (pictured) from director European tax and legal counsel to European general counsel. Parmentier joined the firm in 2007 and has provided legal counsel on transactions,
Venture capital firm Matrix Partners has appointed Antonio Rodriguez as a partner in Boston and opened an office in New York City. Most recently, Rodriguez was chief technology officer of HP’s consumer imaging and printing division where he led projects in the areas of mass customization, e-reading, mobile platforms, and
Future Capital Partners, the GBP6bn alternative investment boutique, has appointed Esther Lewis as business development manager. The appointment is the latest in a string of new additions to the business development team over the last quarter. Lewis will report to Piers Denne, recently hired to take on an expanded head
Encore Ventures, the secondaries division of European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, has boosted its investment management team with the addition of Richard Marsh as partner and Jonathan Freuchet-Sibilia as investment manager. Marsh will take responsibility for managing certain investments acquired from 3i in September 2009. For the last three
European venture capital firm DFJ Esprit has appointed Mikko Suonenlahti as a senior adviser, focusing on investments in B2B and B2C software, med-tech, Bio-IT and energy efficiency. Suonenlahti (pictured) has over 25 years’ experience of global management in business building and spent 15 years as a venture capitalist in the
Dr Richard Reid (pictured), director of research at the International Centre for Financial Regulation in London, says the controversy surrounding the role of credit default swaps in allegedly aggravating Greece’s fiscal problems illustrate differences between countries in Europe and beyond on the priorities for financial sector reforms. One of the
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed four professionals within its USD13bn asset management platform, KKR Asset Management. The new appointments focus these individuals by product lines to better capitalise on opportunities to source investments, manage and grow KAM’s portfolio. "We continue to focus on leveraging the intellectual capital and unique origination
Hirtle Callaghan, a US-based privately held investment firm, has named Jamie R. Johnson director of private equity. Johnson brings more than two decades of private equity experience to his new position, including nine years managing investment portfolios for industrial families in Europe. Johnson will oversee the firm’s private equity effort.
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