People Moves

In economic downturns, the venture capital CFO must be the firm's central command for cost cutting initiatives at fledgling portfolio companies

Participants at the PEI Strategic Financial Management Conference in San Francisco were gearing up for bumpier rides and hotter spotlights in 2009

Permira has offered its LPs a way out of their commitments - but at a steep price

Two senior communicators from Blackstone and Warburg Pincus, respectively, have departed

As firms focus on their core competencies, back office employees are often the first to go

The head of Castle Harlan is adding to the criticism that fair-value accounting is contributing to the economic crisis

A co-founder of Apax Partners is filing suit against his partners to claim profits he says have been ‘unjustly’ withheld

The head of Global Infrastructure Partners, a firm formed by Credit Suisse and GE Infrastructure in 2006, explains why the infrastructure asset class is poised for further growth. Among other issues, hear him discuss GIP's deal for London City Airport and why he doesn't like toll roads in InfrastructureInvestor's first multimedia presentation.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which guarantees the pensions of about 44 million Americans, has hired gatekeepers as it prepares to allocate a portion of its $5.5bn in assets to private equity and real estate.

The listed Permira investor has taken a number of measures to boost liquidity, including reducing by £796m its original commitment to Permira’s fourth buyout fund.