Alpha Associates, the central and eastern European fund manager, has held the final close of its second fund, which is already 40 percent committed.
Abraaj Capital, the Dubai-based investment firm led by Arif Naqvi, has held a record close on its infrastructure and growth capital fund as it mulls listing on the Dubai stock exchange DIFX.
GMT Communication Partners, the European communications buyout firm, has bolstered its digital media team by recruiting Natalie Tydeman from television production company Fremantle Media.
The European buyout group has more than doubled its predecessor fund with its latest close, while its 2004 fund has fully paid back investors after three exits.
The investment banking arm of UK bank Barclays has appointed Ramon Walsh to its leveraged finance team confident the loan market will recover in 2008.
The €40 billion private equity investor has more than doubled its mezzanine mandate from its former pension fund parents, expanding its remit to include Europe and opening its London office.
Two weeks after announcing its newly-formed Russian affiliate, Draper Fisher Jurvetson has established an Israel fund in conjunction with Israeli VC firm Tamir Fishman Ventures.
The UK fund manager owned by insurance group Aviva is to put its experience of private equity fund investing at the disposal of its clients in a rolling programme of annual partnerships.
The UK mid-market firm has backed ScriptSwitch in its bid to save the National Health Service money on its annual drug bill of £8 billion.
Actis, the emerging markets buyout firm, has made its first investment in Pakistan in nine years making a growth capital investment in ex-Halliburton oil and gas services company LMKR.
The global buyout group, whose name means "surprisingly different", has made its first investment in China taking a non-control stake in Galaxy, a casino operator, to fund an ambitious programme of property development and expansion.
Zephyr Management has quadrupled its African fundraising efforts. The fund has a $250 million cornerstone investment from Saudi Arabian listed firm Kingdom Holding, led by prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buyout firm, has bought UN Ro-Ro in its first transaction in Turkey, making it the latest firm to gain exposure to the country and the neighbouring MENA region.
Qatari investment company Three Delta may be thwarted in its attempts to buy UK supermarket Sainsbury’s by the founding Sainsbury family. The family has reiterated in a statement that its acceptance of any bid is conditional on the Qatari firm providing an adequate pensions settlement.
Silver Lake’s middle-market technology fund, currently reported to be raising an inaugural $1 billion, has done its first deal with the acquisition of mobile phone marketing company Mobile Messenger.