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2011 winners

 
 

The 2011 Private Equity Exchange Awards winners and laureates are:

 

 

Category: LPs Awards

 Best Institutional Investors, Regional Strategy 2011
    Ex Aequo Winners: Adveq, for more information & Akina, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Alpha Associates
  •       Amanda Capital
  •       AP-Fonden 6
  •       Aviva Investors
  •       Idinvest Partners
  •       Pictet & Cie
  •       Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
  •       Sofina
  •       Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
 
  Best Institutional Investors, Global Strategy 2011
    Winner: ATP Private Equity, for more information

     Nominees distinguished:

  •       Access Capital Partners
  •       CalPERS
  •       CalSTRS
  •       Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
  •       Credit Suisse Asset Management
  •       Goldamn Sachs AIMS Private Equity Group
  •       Government of Singapore Investments Corporation
  •       HarbourVest
  •       Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
  •       Swiss Re Private Equity Partners
  •       Wellcome Trust
 
 Best Secondaries fund 2011
    Ex Aequo Winners: AXA Private Equity, for more information & Coller Capital, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Adams Street Partners
  •       AlpInvest
  •       Goldman Sachs AIMS Private Equity Group
  •       Greenpark Capital
  •       HarbourVest
  •       Lexington Partners
  •       LGT Capital Partners
  •       Newbury Partners
  •       Pantheon
  •       Partners Group
 
 
  Best Management Team / MBOs 2011
    Winner: Securitas Direct, for more information

    Nominees distinguished:
  •       CBP Prevoyance
  •       Cegos Group
  •       Converteam
  •       Geoservices
  •       Gerflor
  •       Gruppo Coin
  •       Hyva
  •       Pets at Home
  •       Picard
  •       Saverglass
  
Best Build Up in tandem with LBO Funds 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: Go Voyages, for more information & Médi-Partenaires, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Carewatch
  •       Civica
  •       Histoire d’Or-Marc Orian (Thom Europe)
  •       Kiloutou
  •       Lux Med
  •       Merlin Entertainments
  •       Spie
  •       Trescal
 
 
 
  Best French Small and Lower Mid-Market LBO Fund 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: Activa Capital, for more information & Argos Soditic, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Acto Capital
  •       Ciclad
  •       Crédit Agricole Private Equity
  •       Hexagone (LBO France)
  •       MBO Partenaires
  •       Montefiore
  •       NiXen
 
  
Best French Mid and Upper Mid-Market LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: Astorg Partners, for more information

    Nominees distinguished:
  •       21 Centrale Partners
  •       Abenex Capital
  •       Apax Partners
  •       Astorg Partners
  •       AXA Private Equity
  •       Chequers Capital Partners
  •       Equistone Partners Europe
  •       Groupe Alpha
  •       IK Investment Partners
  •       Qualium Investissement
 
  
Best French Large LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: PAI Partners, for more information

    Nominees distinguished:

  •       BC Partners
  •       Bridgepoint Capital
  •       Cinven Limited
  •       Eurazeo
  •       LBO France
  •       PAI Partners
  •       Wendel
 
 
 Best French Turnaround LBO Fund 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: Caravelle, for more information & Butler Capital, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       HIG Capital France
  •       Oaktree Capital France
  •       Verdoso Industry
 
 
 
  Best German LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: Deutsch Beteiligungs, for more information

    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Auctus Capital
  •       Capital Management Partners
  •       Capiton AG
  •       Halder
  •       Equita Management GmbH
  •       Hannover Finanz GmbH
  •       Steadfast Capital
  •       Triton Partners 
  
Best Nordic LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: EQT Partners, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Altor Equity Partners
  •       HitecVision
  •       Litorina
  •       Nordic Capital
  •       Priveq Investments
  •       Procuritas Partners
  •       Segulah
  •       Triton Partners
  •       Valedo 
 
  Best Italian LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: 21 Investimenti, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       BC Partners
  •       Clessidra
  •       InvestIndustrial
  •       Permira
  •       Private Equity Partners
  •       Stirling Square Capital
  •       Wise SGR
  •       Xenon
 
  
Best Spanish LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: Corpfin Capital, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Diana Capital
  •       Dinamia Capital Privado
  •       GED Iberian Private Equity
  •       InvestIndustrial
  •       MCH Partners
  •       Mercapital
  •       Nazca 
 
 Best UK LBO Fund 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: HgCapital, for more information & Inflexion, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Apax Partners
  •       Bridgepoint Capital
  •       Charterhouse Capital Partners
  •       CVC Capital Partners
  •       Equistone Partners Europe
  •       HgCapital
  •       Inflexion Private Equity
  •       Lion Capital
  •       Montagu Private Equity
  •       Permira
 
 
 
  Best European Mid-Market LBO Fund 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: Advent International, for more information & Equistone Partners Europe, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       3i
  •       Advent International
  •       Altor Equity Partners
  •       Alpha Group
  •       AXA Private Equity
  •       Bridgepoint Capital
  •       Lion Capital
  •       Rhone Capital
  •       Waterland Private Equity Investments
 
  
Best European Large LBO Fund 2011:
    Ex Aequo Winners: BC Partners, for more information & Cinven, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Apax Partners
  •       Charterhouse
  •       CVC Capital Partners
  •       EQT Partners
  •       PAI Partners
  •       Permira
  •       The Carlyle Group
 
  
Best European Turnaround Investor 2011:
    Winner: Oaktree, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Apollo Management
  •       Caravelle
  •       Endless
  •       Rutland Partners
  •       Sun European Partners
  •       TowerBrook Capital Partners
 
  
Best European Fundraising and Investor Relations 2011:
    Winner: Astorg, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Argos Soditic
  •       Auctus
  •       Chequers Capital
  •       EQT Partners
  •       HgCapital
  •       Inflexion Private Equity
  •       LGT Capital Partners
  •       Montagu Private Equity
  •       Waterland Private Equity Investments 
 
  Best US Large LBO Fund 2011:
    Winner: Bain Capital, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Blackstone Group
  •       Clayton Dubilier & Rice      
  •       First Reserve Corporation
  •       Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
  •       Hellman & Friedman
  •       Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts
  •       Texas Pacific Group Capital
  •       The Carlyle Group
  
Best US Mid-Market LBO Fund 2011:
           Winner: Berkshire Partners, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       American Securities
  •       GTCR Golder Rauner
  •       Kelso & Company
  •       Leonard Green & Partners
  •       Madison Deaborn Partners
  •       New Mountain Capital
  •       The Riverside Company
  •       TA Associates
  •       Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe
  
Best US Turnaround Investor 2011:
    Winner: TowerBrook Capital Partners, for more information

   Nominees distinguished:

  •       Apollo Management
  •       Cerberus
  •       GI Partners
  •       Matlin Patterson
  •       Oaktree Capital Management
  •       Sun Capital Partners
  •       WL Ross & Co. LLC
 
 
 
  Best Emerging Countries Private Equity Fund 2011:
     Winner: Turkven, for more information & a special distinction for Emerging Capital Partners, for more information
    Nominees distinguished:
  •       Actis
  •       Advent
  •       Affinity Equity Partners
  •       BTG Pactual
  •       Citadel Capital
  •       EFG Hermès
  •       Navis Capital Partners
  •       Patria Investimentos
  •       Southern Cross Group
 
 
 Best Russian, Central & Eastern Europe Private Equity Fund 2011
  Winner: Baring Vostok, for more information

 

    Nominees distinguished:
  •       3 TS Capital Partners
  •       Abris Capital Partners
  •       Enterprise Investors
  •       Horizon Capital
  •       Mid Europa Partners
  •       Penta Investments
  •       Russia Partners 
 
 Winner: Dominique Senequier, CEO, AXA PRIVATE EQUITY