Kensington Capital Partners, an independent Canadian private equity fund investor, has acquired a secondary position in Novacap II, a diversified private equity portfolio originally formed

Zurich-based ViewPoint Capital Partners has announced the first closing of its second fund, Viewpoint Growth II, with total aggregate commitments currently amounting to EUR81m.

Creative Venture Partners has announced an investment in the TNWA Group, a developer of an online multiplayer gaming platform that has made its functionality and platform available through the

DC Capital Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, DC and focused on investing primarily in the defence and federal sectors, has acquired a controlling interest in the Spe

State Street Corporation has acquired Palmeri Fund Administrators, a specialist fund administrator to the private equity industry over the past 16 years, to strengthen the alternative investme

The Blackstone Group has announced the final closing of its latest global private equity fund, Blackstone Capital Partners V, with total commitments of USD21.7bn.

Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based investment bank active in a broad spectrum of Islamic banking and financial products and services, has appointed veteran banker Michael McKinlay as executive dire

UK mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has backed a GBP22m management buy-out of London health and fitness clubs The Third Space Group, whose membership has grown to nearly 4

California-based venture capital group Draper Fisher Jurvetson has acquired a strategic stake in London-based Esprit Capital Partners, which will become DFJ’s exclusive partner in Europe and will rebr

AIG New Europe Fund, a fund sponsored by AIG Capital Partners, Inc, is selling JetFinance International to BNP Paribas, through its consumer arm Cetelem. JetFinance International was founded in November 2001 and is now the leading specialised consumer finance company in Bulgaria, enjoying a broad product range that includes point-of-sale financing (JetCredit), home-collected loans (JetCash) and personal loans distributed through a proprietary branch network (JetCreditPlus). As at 31 December 2006, JetFinance International had total assets of EUR109 million.