People Moves

Hedge fund Bulldog Investors is suing the SEC, arguing non-registered funds have a right to advertise.

Jennifer Zarrilli has been with the energy firm for 10 years.

Infrastructure investment 2008-04-01 Staff Writer You have one partner at Heathrow airport. Another is at his vacation home in Martha's Vineyard. Another is spending the week in the Hong Kong office. All of them want one thing ? access to a single document located on the Q drive back at headquarters. If they

A new wave of alternative investment in the developing world is fundamentally different than past expansions, Harvard professor Josh Lerner told attendees at the 2008 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum in New York, co-hosted by Private Equity International and EMPEA.

So much of what is discussed in the pages of PEI Manager concerns how private equity and venture firms are defining and refining their administrative roles, from who tackles HR, to who chooses the IT provider. For many VC firms, these tasks still land on the plate of the office manager. Tracey Miles was one such manager who felt that she and her peers at other firms would benefit from sharing best practices. So she founded the Venture Capital Office Managers Association (VCOMA), a trade group that gives these office managers a place to exchange ideas, commiserate and pool purchasing power to win discounts from vendors. Rob Kotecki recently spoke with Miles about the association, its roots and its agenda.

Plenty of investment bankers may be looking to move into private equity these days, but not every banker is equipped for the transition. Here are some guidelines in evaluating who's best suited to switch sides.

The best minds from China and India remain frustratingly out of reach for US venture capital-backed portfolio companies, thanks to strict caps on visas for the highly skilled.

Private equity firms are applying a new rigor in evaluating the performance of investment professionals, shifting the process from an art to a science.

Kevin Dunn 2008-03-01 Staff Writer <bold>CAREER PATH:</bold> The first milestone of Dunn's twenty years in law was when he made partner with the banking group of the UKbased firm Travers Smith. From there he moved to Latham Watkins, where he tackled a myriad of banking, finance and regulatory iss

Cadwalader Wickersham has launched its own private equity practice with a splash, by drafting a Latham & Watkins pro.