Blackstone has hired former Amazon Web Services senior exec Christine Feng as a senior managing director targeting tech deals for its opportunistic investment platform Tactical Opportunties.
Struggling private equity-backed restaurant group Pizza Express is set to be largely taken over by bondholders as the business reels under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown.
Apollo Global-backed home security business ADT saw its valuation surge past $14bn after Google revealed it was buying a 6.6% stake in the company.
Debt-heavy UK roadside recovery business AA could be coming back into private equity hands after receiving buyout interest from a string of big-name firms.
Dallas-based buyout house Surge Private Equity has bought US homeschool curriculum publisher All About Learning Press.
Special situations private equity specialist Turnspire Capital Partners has agreed to buy the Goodyear air springs business from EnPro Industries.
UK private equity house Growth Capital Partners has made its tenth investment from its £205m fourth fund by picking up adhesives, laminates and insulation materials maker GTS.
UK private equity house Epiris has swooped to buy restaurant chains Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas in a bid to rescue the eateries following their long closures due the coronavirus crisis.
The Nordic region has become the world's top-performing private equity market, helping Western Europe consolidate its position at the top of the global PE tree, new research has revealed.
KKR, CVC Capital and Ares Management were the big name private equity firms picking up commitments in the latest round of investing from New York pension giant NYSCRF.
The New York State Teachers' Retirement System has boosted its $22.6bn private equity program with more than $1.66bn of new commitments.
China has raised CNY88bn ($12.59bn) to date for the country's first major fund dedicated to environmental projects and businesses.
Energy infrastructure-focused private investment house Starwood Energy has brought in veteran industry expert Michael White as a senior vice president.
PropTech startup JetClosing has bagged $9m in its Series B round amid a plan to move into new markets.
Global private equity giants Advent and Cinven have closed their €17.2bn takeover of Thyssenkrupp's sought-after elevators business, one of the biggest buyout deals to be completed since full force of the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Vitruvian Partners has wrapped up a rapid $4bn raise for its fourth flagship fund, taking less than three months to hit its hard cap.
Private equity industry veterans Andrew Rosato and Simeon Ketchum have been hired by fund advisory specialist Triago as it looks to deepen its services amid the impact of Covid-19 on LPs and GPs.
The $42.3bn-managing Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has agreed a trio of new private equity commitments worth $125.
Private equity majors eyeing the lucrative broadcasting rights of Italy's top football league have been forced to wait after its clubs asked for more time to assess the proposals, Reuters has reported.
Global private equity giant KKR has bought a majority stake in Spanish vocational training business MasterD.
