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QPE makes hat-trick of appointments

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has added three new members to its investment and origination teams. Alison Price joins the investment team, bringing six years of investment and board experience across the healthcare and education sectors. Prior to QPE, Alison was part of the investment team at impact investor Bridges Fund

HIG Capital expands European direct lending team

HIG Capital (HIG) has expanded its European WhiteHorse Direct Lending team with the addition of Ignacio Blasco as a Managing Director. Blasco will be based in HIG’s Madrid office. Blasco has over 28 years of experience in leveraged finance and direct lending, covering a wide range of sectors and investment

EFG International ManCo acquired by KB Associates

KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, is to acquire EFG Fund Management SA, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group. 

York Capital adds to private equity team and announces promotions

York Capital Management (York), a global private investment firm, has appointed seasoned private equity investor Seth Pearson as a Managing Director in the firm’s private equity group.   Pearson will be responsible for deal sourcing, transaction execution, and portfolio company oversight and will be joining the investment committee of the

Yellow Wood Partners to acquire Scholl from Reckitt Benckiser

Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB).   The acquisition will reunite Scholl with the Dr Scholl’s

Wellington Management adds new climate-focused senior investors

Wellington Management, has hired two senior investors focused on private market sustainable investing.  This additional investment in resources builds on the firm’s 14 years in climate investing, 27 years in alternatives investing and close to USD5 billion in dedicated committed capital in the private markets.   The new investors include

Maven invests GBP1m in Fintech platform Pockit

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1 million into Fintech platform, Pockit as part of Pockit’s GBP15 million Series B funding round.  The business has secured GBP1 million funding through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP1.3 million via private investors, Crowdcube and the

Equistone portfolio company Amadys acquires tso

Equistone portfolio company Amadys, a provider of passive network equipment solutions for utility infrastructures in the Benelux region, has established an initial market presence in Germany through the add-on acquisition of tso GmbH.  Based in Halver, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, tso offers splicing and measurement technology, equipment

EQT Private Equity to sell Innovyze in USD1bn deal

EQT Private Equity, through the EQT Mid Market US fund, is to sell Innovyze to Autodesk for an enterprise value of USD1 billion. Innovyze was established in 1996 to provide wet infrastructure software solutions. In 2017, Innovyze merged with XP Solutions to become the leading global provider of smart water

CVC Credit supports Calibre Scientific with incremental USD57m multi-currency credit facility

CVC Credit has further supported life sciences and diagnostics business, Calibre Scientific, by leading an incremental USD57 million multi-currency first lien credit facility to help fuel its ongoing global acquisition strategy. Calibre Scientific is owned by investment firm StoneCalibre. CVC Credit originally provided a USD92 million multi-currency first lien credit

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