The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will invest in Noble Environmental Power for wind park development.
The European buyout firm has made a quick exit on the catalogue business after achieving its goals much earlier than it anticipated.
The firm hopes the hire of Thomas Ramsay, formerly head of its European rival Industri Kapital's Finnish team, will reinvigorate the business, which has not done any deals since 2005.
The retirement system’s board has postponed its vote on a bill staff estimates would cost up to $12 billion in lost private equity returns.
The French bank is looking to augment its co-investment capacity with its latest hire from a family office.
The private equity advisory firm is currently interviewing candidates to lead two new international offices as the regions’ investors become increasingly important in private equity.
The Swiss bank is tapping Gulf Capital's local expertise and deal flow in a growth market, while the buyout firm looks to additional capital and to learn from the bank's experience in more mature markets.
The private equity arm of the Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital has raised one of the largest pools of capital to invest in the region and beyond into Africa.
Gresham exits waste water business with a sale to a mid-market rival, although Gresham is rolling over a minority stake alongside management.
The first cut of EVCA’s independently produced data for Europe shows the industry’s resilience in fundraising and investment in the face of challenging market conditions in 2007. Performance was stable.
The $7.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is looking to significantly increase its exposure to real estate across the US and internationally.
The $121 billion CPPIB today argued before US lawmakers that it should not be lumped in with all sovereign wealth funds, as legislators in California attempt to bar the US’ largest pension groups from investing in private equity funds tied to sovereign wealth funds.
The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
Virginia Retirement System increases real estate and private equity allocations by three percentage points, saying it wants more flexibility in its portfolio.
The two firms, both with global footprints, were big winners among many unveiled today for the 2007 Global PERE Awards.