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Carlyle Group leads preferred equity investment for Apex Group

The Carlyle Group’s Global Credit platform has led a preferred equity investment for Apex Group Ltd, a provider of fund administration and financial services to the asset management and corporate sectors. Apex will use the capital to support ongoing growth and acquisition activities, including Apex’s previously announced acquisitions of Luxembourg-based FundRock

Council Capital closes oversubscribed fourth fund at USD200m hard cap

Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, has closed its fourth fund, Council Capital IV, at its hard cap of USD200 million in third party capital commitments. Council Capital’s most recent fund, Council Capital III, began investing USD149 million of total third party commitments in 2015. Council Capital

DPI and CDC partner to create USD750m biopharmaceutical platform

Development Partners International (DPI) through its ADP III fund, CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have joined to create a major new player in the pan-African pharmaceuticals industry.The three founding investors have committed an initial $250 million of capital

NorthEdge invests in Lights4fun

Private equity firm NorthEdge has supported the management buyout of Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, to further expand the business’ existing market presence internationally. The direct-to-consumer Harrogate-headquartered business has been operating since 2003 and sells more than 700 decorative lighting products online, which include indoor and

Rickitt Mitchell makes senior promotion

Corporate advisory firm Rickitt Mitchell has strengthened its senior leadership team with the promotion of Director Kaine Smith to the firm’s board.Having spent five years at Ernst & Young (EY) where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Smith joined Rickitt Mitchell in 2013 and possesses significant experience in the technology,

TELEO Capital closes USD250m inaugural fund

TELEO Capital Management (TELEO), an operationally focused private equity firm, has closed TELEO Capital at its hard cap of USD250 million.Investors in the Fund include a blue-chip roster of leading institutional limited partners, such as endowments, insurance companies, pension funds, fund of funds and family offices.  “We are honoured to

Shore Capital Partners invests in Women’s Health Group

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Women’s Health Group (WHG).Led by founder Dr Stephen Volin, WHG is a leading obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN) services provider with nine locations, including a midwifery practice, birthing centre, surgery centre and six clinical

Capitol Hill

How the US elections will affect private equity in the long run

The lead up to the US election, and the results of it, have had and will continue to have, an impact on the global private equity industry. Here Hasib Howlader, director at the London accountants Howlader & Co, outlines some considerations on how the Biden victory, a win for the

Energy

Balderton Capital and Eight Roads back Tibber

Eight Roads Ventures and London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors including San Francisco-based Founders Fund, have led a Series B equity round into digital electricity supplier Tibber.  Tibber also secured working capital funding by Nordea alongside equity, in order to support its growth. With this, Tibber

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