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US buy-out giant Warburg Pincus has closed its WP VIII fund on $5.3bn, with 80 per cent of commitments coming from existing investors. The successful closing, alongside Cinven's recent E4.3bn fund closing, signals an improvement in market conditions for firms with ambitions to raise mega-funds.

Final closing for Cinven, Doughty Hanson to launch new mega-fund, First closing of tech fund for Pall Mall Partners, new fund of funds for Henderson, Accel cuts fund in half, Leonard Green & Partners plan fourth fund, Lone Star closes mega-fund, Warburg Pincus closes above target

Sir Christopher Bland, former chairman of the BBC and current chairman of British Telecom, is to become an adviser to buy-out firm Warburg Pincus. He already has links with the firm, which backed him when he had the top job at London Weekend Television in the early 1990s.

US venture capitalists are still raising substantial sums of money despite the deepening deterioration of market conditions and the wider economy, according to figures from VentureWire.

Venture-backed offerings were few and far between in the US domestic IPO market, according to these latest figures from NVCA and Venture Economics. Just five venture-backed US based companies managed to execute public offerings over the past three months, raising a total of $279.9m.

Cybulski joins Almeida, Royal Bank of Scotland expands in Germany and Colloton becomes COO at Bessemer...

Advent Venture Partners has hired James McNaught-Davis as director in its technology team to focus on investments in the software and IT services sector in the UK and Continental Europe.

In a move that could well highlight the lack of liquidity in the private equity market, European buy-out firm L&G Ventures is on track to buy nursing-home operator Craegmoor Healthcare from US private equity house EM Warburg Pincus.

GE capital launches Indian private equity arm and Deutsche Bank strengthens Asian team, while Whitney & Co spin off their Japanese business.

Now that corporate restructuring in Japan is underway, there are plenty of opportunities for private equity firms and their investors. This McKinsey article looks at why western firms are moving into the market and how they must learn to understand the prevailing management style to be successful.