http://www.privateequityonline.com/Global private equity news and comment5http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51243The firm has moved a private equity executive over to a newly formed unit that will focus on turnarounds, distressed debt, bankruptcy loans and rescue financing.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51243Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:24 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51230Former GMAC chief financial officer Robert Hull will take over the role at the media -and communications-focused firm from Raymond Mathieu.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51230Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:02 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51228Jeff Ennis has resigned from the firm. Wilshire Private Market’s parent company was taking one-third of income generated by the private equity division.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51228Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:32 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51224Former Morgan Stanley star trader Michael Petrick will oversee Carlyle’s debt-focused division.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51224Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:34:35 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51233Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take control of Citi Property Investors, the real estate investment arm of Citigroup. http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51233Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:24:59 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51216Colony Capital will become Annie Leibovitz’s sole creditor and help her market her library of photographs.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51216Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:28:15 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51206Bruce Barclay, a London-based dealmaker-turned-fundraiser, will leave the global firm and be replaced by Carlyle’s Robert Brown.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51206Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:46 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51195Emerging markets funds lost two percentage points in terms of global fundraising market share last year, with $23bn raised reflecting a 66% drop from 2008 totals.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51195Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:28:23 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51192The Cairo-headquartered private equity firm has appointed Amr Seif from Investec Asset Management to head its regional financial services platform investment.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51192Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:30:47 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51185Landmark’s Fund XIV reached its goal of $1.5bn, but has not yet officially closed. The target was lowered from the fund’s initial offering of $2.4bn.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51185Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:14:50 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51179The Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pension with $1.3trn in assets, is looking for ways to boost returns.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51179Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:04:13 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51177Citadel Capital founder Ahmed Heikal told PEO's sister publication Infrastructure Investor why he wants to invest up to $400m in East Africa. http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51177Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:42:05 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51162The listed firm has again teamed with Coller Capital to spin out a portfolio, but this potential transaction would see 3i become the manager of the assets in play rather than the seller.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51162Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:45:33 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51165Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has hired Abhijit Sen from Citigroup as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for its India operations. http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51165Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:37:02 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51154David Snow explains why he will defeat Philip Borel in the Marathon of Marathons.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51154Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:27:17 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51153The Boston-based firm will use $536m of equity in the take-private, the latest in a string of transactions around the $1bn mark agreed in recent weeks.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51153Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:05:30 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51151Sander Levin, who previously backed bills to tax carry as ordinary income instead of capital gains, will chair the House Ways and Means Committee.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51151Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:22:13 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51148Richard Hurwitz joined Sun Capital in 2005 and was integral in helping the firm raise its $6bn fifth fund. The firm shrunk the fund by $1bn last year.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51148Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:41:35 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51147SVG Capital’s upbeat earnings results provided significant evidence that portfolio valuations are rising - and that both investor and fund manager sentiment is improving. http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51147Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:59:07 GMThttp://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51140The firm's European head will replace Rajesh Khanna, who has resigned to establish an Indian investment business.http://www.privateequityonline.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=51140Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:36:28 GMT