And the winner is …

CVC, Hellman & Friedman, Welsh Carson, Advent and Actis are among the industry veterans to have won awards in the highly regarded Private Equity International Awards 2008.

Final votes have been cast and counted in the Private Equity International 2008 awards. This marks the eighth straight year PEO and Private Equity International readers have voted in our highly regarded global poll, which is determined entirely by the industry’s participants, not our publications’ editors.

In the LBO and mid-market firms of the year categories, 2008’s winners were not repeats of 2007, perhaps reflecting readers’ moods regarding the evolution of private equity amid the global financial crisis.