Some €700 million in private equity investments have been sold on the secondary market in April by Shell’s Dutch defined benefit (DB) pension scheme. The sell-off came after the €33 billion scheme’s board decided its PE allocation had become to large having hit €4.1 billion at the end of 2021
Hines, the global real estate firm, has raised c €900 million of equity from institutional investors at the first closing of its new value-add fund, Hines European Value Fund 3 (HEVF 3).
Macquarie Asset Management has held the final close of its third Asia-Pacific regional infrastructure fund with over $2.0 billion in investor commitments, exceeding the fund’s $3.0 billion target. The successful fundraise brings total capital managed under the manager’s Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund series, dedicated to investing in Asia-Pacific infrastructure, to over
Fullerton Fund Management (Fullerton) has raised $100 million for its first Thai Private Equity strategy via KBank Private Banking.
1Sharpe Ventures, the proptech-focused, early stage investment vehicle grown out of 1Sharpe Capital, has closed its inaugural fund at $90 million. The new fund, which was oversubscribed and marks the 12th total venture for founders Gregor Watson and Rob Bloemker, will focus on global investments in pre-seed to Series A-stage
FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has held the final closing of FFL Capital Partners V, and related vehicles , with over $900 million in total capital commitments. FFL closed the oversubscribed Fund V well above its $750 million target, raising
Trivest Partners (Trivest) has closed Trivest Fund VII (Fund VII) and Trivest Discovery Fund II (Discovery II) with approximately $950 million and $600 million of total capital commitments (including Trivest commitments), respectively. Both funds were oversubscribed and the fundraise for each fund was substantially completed in a single closing. Raised
Synthesis Capital (Synthesis), a global food technology and alternative protein investor, has launched Synthesis Capital Fund I with over $300 million in assets under management. The oversubscribed Fund is anchored by private equity pioneer Jeremy Coller, through CPT Capital, with a cornerstone investment from Société Familiale d’Investissements. The Fund also
A new £20 million fund, the ‘GMC Life Sciences Fund by Praetura’ has launched with the aim of bolstering Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington’s flourishing life sciences sector. The fund, raised by partners including Bruntwood SciTech, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), will
Global investment firm KKR has held the final close of KKR Asia Credit Opportunities Fund (ACOF), a $1.1 billion fund focused on performing privately originated credit investments in Asia Pacific. KKR’s Asia Credit platform seeks to provide bespoke private credit solutions to companies and sponsors which harness the strength of
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