Appomattox Advisory, a New York based Outsourced Chief Investment Officer firm, has appointed Caroline Lovelace as Chief Operating Officer (COO). As well as serving as COO with responsibility for implementing the firm’s management policies and overseeing operations,  Lovelace joins Appomattox’s investment committee.
Australian corporate boards are now more receptive to engaging with private equity firms than they have been at any time in the past ten years, according to Michael Blickstead, Blackstone Inc’s head of private equity in Australia & New Zealand.
The Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management Board (MassPRIM) has approved an additional allocation of up to $785 million to new private equity and real estate debt investments, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.
One Peak, an investor in growth stage B2B software companies in Europe and Israel, has closed the One Peak Growth III fund at its hard cap of $1 billion. The fund was significantly oversubscribed, demonstrating strong LP demand.
Warburg Pincus has acquired K2 Insurance Services, a speciality insurance programme manager, from private equity firm Lee Equity Partners, according to a report by Captive Insurance Times.
A secondary funding round led by Square Peg and Wellington Management has seen the valuation of e-commerce tech company Rokt increase to $2.4 billion, less than 12 months after the firm raised $325 million in a Series E fundraising round.
SS&C Technologies Holdings has acquired Complete Financial Ops Fund Services, a Colorado-based fund administration firm providing tailored fund administration services to private equity funds and family offices.Â
Lateral Investment Management , a private equity firm focused on growth investments in owner-operated middle market businesses in North America, has appointed Matthew Knight as Senior Associate and Ashley Ebeck and Jack Lothrop as Associates.Â
China Investment Corporation, the Carlyle Group, and CVC Capital Partners, have opened preliminary talks with Eni over a deal for gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion to $6 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
CVC Credit, the global credit management business of CVC, has held the final close of its third European Direct Lending fund with €6.3 billion to deploy across the European direct lending opportunities, representing a significant increase over CVC’s prior fund.
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