Emerging markets-focused Leapfrog Investments has promoted a trio of senior staff to its management committee and board in the wake of its last record-breaking fundraise.
Secondaries-focused investor Pomona Capital is back in the fundraising market and is hoping to raise $2bn for its tenth flagship fund, coming two years after the close of its predecessor.
AE Industrial Partners has named aerospace industry expert Laurence Vigeant-Langlois as its latest managing partner.
Private equity investing is showing signs of recovery after being hammered by the coronavirus crisis - but has some way to go to recover to its recent highs, new research shows.
The $409bn-managing Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has named former Temasek and Credit Suisse senior exec Boon Sim to its board of directors.
Bankrupt US dairy company Borden has been bought by KKR and Capitol Peak Partners in a $340m asset purchase.
One Equity Partners has completed a buyout of engineering business Spartronics from Sparton Corporation.
US buyout house JF Lehman & Company has soared to a $1.35bn hard cap final close for its fifth flagship private equity fund, well above its $1bn target.
European tech investor One Peak has closed its new fund on an increased hard cap of €443m amid strong demand from LPs.
Lower mid-market-focused private equity house The Riverside Company has backed Buildout, a Chicago company that provides SaaS-based marketing and customer relationship management software to commercial real estate brokerages.
Carlyle's veteran co-CEO Glenn Youngkin is leaving the firm in two months after a 25-year career.
Struggling UK restaurant operator Azzuri Group has been bought by Towerbrook Capital Partners amid the company revealing it could slash up to 1,200 jobs as it battles to overcome the Covid-19 crisis.
Software and tech-focused private equity house Thoma Bravo has agreed a $594m take-private buyout of cloud insurance software provider Majesco.
The $21bn-managing Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has picked Silver Lake Partners and Summit Partners for its two most recent private equity and venture capital commitments.
KKR has raised a smaller sophomore fund in its real estate credit strategy, pulling in $950m for the final close of the vehicle.
The $246bn-managing California State Teachers’ Retirement System has struggled to a 3.9% net return for the financial year as Covid-19 amid a huge slump in its private equity performance.
Mountain Capital, the energy-focused private equity house launched by former Apollo senior partner Sam Oh, is reportedly nearing its $650m goal for its sophomore fundraise.
New York investment house Z Capital Group has brought in Laura Krivec as director for corporate development.
Blackstone's secondaries arm Strategic Partners has closed what is believed to be the world's biggest infrastructure secondaries fund on $3.75bn.
UK private equity house Bridgepoint has been linked with a large stake purchase of English football's Women's Super League.
