Rumours resurfaced about the possible stock exchange listing of Hungary-based no frills airline Wizz Air. Sky News reported that the carrier plans to float its shares on the London Stock Exchange already this year. The flotation is likely to raise hundreds of millions of pounds, it added.

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For the first time in the history of Portfolio.hu’s conferences, world-famous investor and philanthropist György Soros was a guest of ours in Budapest. In his interview he shared a great deal of information about his investment strategy and has also given an insight into his philanthropy activities. He said it has always been the quick decisions that brought large profits for him, adding that as a venture capitalist – when an investment is preceded by a lengthy process of due diligence – he proved to be much less successful. Soros said he can no longer be regarded as an active investor and he focuses his attention much more on philanthropy, in scope of which he has the opportunity to support social entrepreneurship and other areas where success may be harder to reach but which are highly important from social aspects.

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Morgan Stanley’s position as an adviser to private equity firms in Europe received a twin boost this week with mandates from Doughty Hanson and Terra Firma.

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Private equity-backed oil and gas company Antero Resources is looking to raise up to $1bn via an IPO.

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VTB Capital topped Baring Vostok to become the largest private equity investor in Russia despite having raised no funds from LPs.

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The BVCA’s annual Performance Measurement Survey summary for 2012.

The shutdown of AXA Private Equity’s office in Vienna does not mean that the firm is turning away from Central and Eastern Europe, a source close to the French firm told AltAssets.

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Venture capital firm Morado Venture Partners has officially launched its second fund with a $30m target, or three times the size of its first vehicle, AltAssets has learned.

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Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus is reportedly planning a push for European assets after sending one of its partners to the continent to build a new team.

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Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is reportedly mulling an offer for IMG Worldwide that could value the media rights agency at more than $2bn.

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