April 2011 Issue

Italian distressed fund investment specialist Dante Leone discusses what factors are preventing the country from fully embracing the investment strategy

The Institutional Limited Partners Association continues to change the game for LP-GP negotiations. The guidelines are resonating with GPs

Former York Capital executive Mubashir Mukadam will lead the European special situations arm of KKR’s expanding $15 billion asset management platform.

London-based Trinity International has named emerging markets specialist Hugh Naylor as its private equity chief.

The pan-Asia firm has recruited India-focused lawyer Kirti Ram Hariharan from Paul Hastings.

Jersey delegates will meet with political and business leaders in Mumbai and Abu Dhabi as part of a wider campaign to lure business to the offshore island

In the quest for greater economic recovery, the US and UK governments are rethinking visa rules in order to lure more foreign entrepreneurs and investors.

The global law firm has hired Jeffrey Sun Jie as a partner in its Shanghai office.

The offshore financial centre is looking to lure funds to its shores through the creation of “separate limited partnerships” and “incorporated limited partnerships”.

After months of investigation, the India- and MENA-focused firm’s chairman and co-founder has been charged with allegedly providing confidential information to Raj Rajaratnam, founder of hedge fund Galleon.

The Asia-focused fund of funds manager has hired Chau Ly in a newly created position as director of investor relations and business development.

Proposed new rules would make it easier for target companies to ward off a takeover attempt, as well as eradicate break-up fees.

The Carlyle Group's sale of Hong Kong-headquartered Offshore Incorporations Group to IK Investment Partners will 'expand Vistra's footprint in mainland China'.

The Southern European-focused mid-market firm will continue its expansion abroad with its first-ever North American office.

Tax measures and policies designed to reenergise economic growth were unveiled in the UK budget Wednesday. Meanwhile, the levy for some non-doms has been raised to £50,000.

ChrysCapital will undoubtedly suffer with the departure of founder Ashish Dhawan, but its handling of his exit was flawless.

Jonathan Levin, who was chosen to lead communications with public investors in 2009 as the firm listed on Euronext, is leaving to join hedge fund Grosvenor Capital Management in Chicago.

More than one-third of LPs say they have turned away GPs based on an insufficient grasp of environmental, social and governance issues.

On the first day in his new job, BVCA chief executive Mark Florman sat down with us to run through his to-do list

Limited partners last week warned GPs that fundraising in 2011 will be anything but easy unless firms can prove their ability to ‘generate outsized alpha’.

Daniel Mudd will challenge a ‘Wells notice’ served by the SEC, as the federal agency investigates the conduct of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the run-up to the financial crisis