Carlyle has hired international trade and policy expert David Marchick to provide in-house government affairs, regulatory and strategic advice to its fund managers.
US investment bank Lehman Brothers has closed its fifth venture fund on $365 million.
Ezra Field has joined Atlanta’s Roark Capital as a managing director, ending a six year-stint with New York’s ACI Capital.
Darwin Private Equity has held a second close of its debut fund just three months after launching with the backing of City grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild and his RIT Capital Partners trust.
French mid-market firm Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has made several internal promotions after making three exits so far.
The Blackstone Group has hired leveraged finance pro Vikrant Sawhney from Deutsche Bank.
Navis Capital Partners, the Asia-focussed buyout firm, has closed a fund more than triple the size of its previous fund, as the continent’s buyout firms prosper.
US pension giant CalPERS has launched a €400 million, Europe-focussed buyout initiative, to be managed by the private equity division of Scotland-based investment manager Standard Life Investments Group.
Former First Reserve director Craig Jarchow has been hired by Pine Brook Road, the New York firm led by former Warburg Pincus vice chairman, Howard Newman.
Apollo Real Estate Advisors has hired Hollywood property pro Frank Buckley as the firm looks to bolster its operations on the West Coast.
The UK's second largest pension fund the Universities Superannuation Scheme is demonstrating its appetite for alternatives with the appointment of two private equity specialists to lead its co-investment programme alongside its fund investments.
US- and Japan-focussed venture firm Globespan Capital has closed its fifth fund on $380 million.
US buyout firm The Carlyle Group has expanded its financial services team with a string of high profile appointments, after closing a real estate and a European fund last week.
Rudy Scarpa has left Coller Capital, the secondaries firm founded by Jeremy Coller (pictured), to open rival Pantheon’s New York office.
Snow Phipps Group has closed its first fund on $620 million, exceeding its $500 million target.