Graham Winfrey

The firm’s $185m investment in two aircraft leasing companies brings Onex Partners III to more than 60% invested.

The Los Angeles- and New York-based firm has raised more than $785m for Fund III, nearly twice the size of its $410m second fund that closed in 2010.

The firm, which is currently raising its $600m third fund, has sealed its sixth investment of 2012 having sourced debt financing lenders including GSO.

OPTrust has appointed William Hatanaka as its new CEO – but the fall-out from the acrimonious departure of his short-lived predecessor rumbles on. By Graham Winfrey

Volatility in Europe has created an opportune environment for add-on acquisitions, said BC Partners' Raymond Svider at a recent conference in New York.

The partnership between Silver Lake and billionaire George Soros will expand German recycled plastics company friedola Tech by opening a new manufacturing facility in the US.

The firm’s first energy mezzanine fund collected nearly double its $750m target and has already made six investments in both power generation and oil and gas assets.

The firm has sealed its third and largest investment of 2012 by investing $700m in insurance broker USI.

Delegates at the 2012 BVCA Summit in London probably expected an uneventful industry conference. Instead, they got a scathing criticism of GPs from one of the UK’s leading investors

CFO Jonathan Schmugge and general counsel Martin Auerbach are two of the four professionals named senior managing director-partner. The promotions come as Z Capital targets $500m for its second special situations fund.