The new head of CalPERS' $20 billion private equity programme plans to expand from the powerful platform he built alongside his former boss, Rick Hayes. David Snow visited Leon Shahinian at 400 P Street to learn more about the tastes, ambitions and challenges of this Sacramento native
Private equity firms are making inroads into Germany's corporate debt markets
Delta Capital Management, manager of the US Russia Investment Fund, has sold Russian consumer bank DeltaBank to GE Consumer Finance for a reported $100m.
The London-headquartered private equity firm has completed its eighth European transaction from a $1bn fund dedicated to the region.
Having spent over three decades in the industry, Sir Robert Smith is a big name in UK private equity. Now retired (well, kind of), a recent non-executive appointment to the board of directors of 3i Plc means the veteran dealmaker is about to return to the action. Here he talks to Philip Borel about where British private equity came from and where it is going
Distressed investors are hungrily eyeing the many second-lien loans taken out by US private equity sponsors. Deal Mechanic presents the vulture view
Japan still has a reputation for seeing private equity as at best a necessary evil – but recent developments indicate perceptions may be changing
Leon Shahinian has been appointed senior investment officer for CalPERS’ influential $20bn alternative investment programme, replacing previous incumbent Rick Hayes.
Leveraged loans in Europe are being repaid earlier than ever at the moment. This is causing problems for managers of collateralised loan obligation funds. Deal Mechanic explains why
David Chamberlain, the former managing director of private equity at Swiss alternative asset manager Unigestion, has joined Zurich-based placement agent Palomar Capital Advisors as managing director.