Private Equity

Arbah Global Gulf, the Bahrain-based investment arm of Arbah Capital, has launched a private equity fund that focuses on nanotechnology.

Ashmore, the London-based emerging markets specialist, recently launched a new special situations fund.

Jersey City, N.J.-based investment management firm Yorkville Advisors has expanded its operations to Athens, Greece and Tokyo through a joint venture with Axia Ventures Group.

Constitution Capital Partners, a new private equity firm focused on North American buyouts, has raised $600 million from the Universities Superannuation Scheme to invest in North American middle market p.e. funds and direct co-investments.

Morgan Stanley has appointed Yoshihiko Shigenari as head of its private equity unit in Japan. Shigenari, currently co-head of the bank's investment banking division in Tokyo, will take on the new position on July 1.

A Blackstone Group hedge fund is raising its first mezzanine fund, with a target of as much as $2 billion.

Prviate equity firm Fidelity Equity Partners has appointed Ian Blasco as a partner based in the firm’s Boston office to help source deals in the technology, communications, and business services sectors.

An investor group including a pair of alternative investment heavyweights is a step closer to owning the Weather Channel.

It’s one and done for H.I.G. Capital's distressed debt affiliate, Bayside Capital, which has closed its H.I.G. Bayside II fund on $3 billion.

Horizon21 is raising $500 million for its latest private equity offering, H21 Growth Opportunities I.