Oak Hill Capital Partners, a US-based private equity firm, has agreed to buy eight Fox network affiliated television stations from owner and operator News Corporation for USD1.1bn in cash.

Barclays Private Equity, a pan-European mid-market private equity house, has acquired a majority stake in Gardman Holdings, a UK supplier of wild bird care and garden products, in a deal v

ING Investment Management Americas, the US asset management arm of ING Group, has taken a minority stake in Lincoln Vale, an alternative asset investment firm with headquarters in the Bost

Jack McDonald has been promoted from executive vice-president to president and chief executive of Conifer Securities, a San Francisco-based provider of administration and other services to

Despite credit market turmoil in the second half of the year, US private equity firms raised a record USD302bn in 415 funds in 2007, according to Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, a 19 per

The value of private equity funds in Guernsey rose by 9 per cent in the third quarter of 2007, according to the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, with 226 funds with a total value of

HSBC has appointed Wout Kalis to head the Singapore operations for its alternative fund services business, the group’s core provider of fund administration and custody to the alternative s