While European corporate ratings are still largely investment grade, the number of speculative-grade ratings has more than doubled over the last decade to a record high and increased lever

KBC Private Equity, a subsidiary of Belgium’s KBC banking group, has chosen the FrontVenture software solution from eFront to manage its private equity business.

The private equity consortium bidding for HD Supply, the wholesale distribution division of US DIY retailer Home Depot, has reached agreement with the vendor and with its financing partner

Corporate leaders and investors should prepare for the private equity ownership of companies to continue to increase, accelerating a trend that has dominated the US business scene for the

The Aztec Group, which currently offers administration services to private equity, venture capital and real estate vehicles as well as alternative fund of funds in Jersey and Guernsey, has

The board of Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company, a leading Indian construction company, has approved an investment of USD150m by funds managed by the Blackstone Group through a

The European private equity boom experienced in recent years continued throughout the first half of 2007, with a record breaking EUR130.6bn worth of deals being completed during the first

Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm specialising exclusively in the energy and power sectors, has appointed Lord Browne of Madingley, the former chief executive of BP, as a managing

Vista Ventures, a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm, has appointed Lisa Reeves, previously senior vice-president of SAP Ventures, as a general partner.

Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has agreed to sell Palace Entertainment, the largest owner and operator of water parks and family entertainment centres in the US, to Parques Reunidos