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finnCap Group adds senior hires to debt advisory team

finnCap Group (finnCap), an adviser and broker to growth companies, has added two senior hires to its debt advisory team. Graham Cooke joins Debt Advisory from RBS/Natwest where he worked for 30 years. He has experience in corporate coverage and debt origination. Among his previous roles within RBS/Natwest, Graham was

Estera supports launch of Greensphere Capital fund

Estera has provided fund services support to Greensphere Capital’s launch of its second private fund and will also be providing ongoing fund administration services.  Greensphere Capital manage a diversified portfolio of sustainable growth companies. It is a leading sustainability investor backing companies and projects that help to mitigate the biggest

Experienced PE investors launch Cohere Capital

Cohere Capital, a growth focused private equity firm seeking to invest in leading middle market businesses in the United States and Canada, has launched.  The firm has a flexible mandate across growth markets, but will primarily target majority stakes in profitable technology-enabled business and healthcare services companies. Cohere Capital was

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A Leg To Stand On announces Rocktoberfest-London sponsors

BNF Capital, SteelEye, Talan, Lyxor Asset Management, Kreston Reeves, Sandler Capital, Hentu, GlobeTax, Wavestone, Margo Group, and Equita have all been confirmed as sponsors of the 2nd annual  Rocktoberfest-London which is due to take place on 19 June to raise funds for UK and US charity A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO). Members of the hedge

BlueBay’s Private Debt business to become independent

BlueBay’s Private Debt business is to become independent from BlueBay Asset Management.  The move comes following the continued growth of the Private Debt business, from a small part of the BlueBay global leveraged finance business to a EUR13 billion AUM largely stand-alone business within the company. As two distinct businesses,

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Apex adds to executive committee

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has appointed Andrew Macklin as General Counsel and member of its Executive Committee. Apex has expanded exponentially over the past eighteen months diversifying its product set following a number of bolt-on acquisitions around the world. The appointment of Andrew supports the strategy to

Westbridge closes fund II at GBP140m

Westbridge Capital has held the final close of WestBridge II (the Fund) having raised GBP140 million in fund commitments and associated earmarked co-investment monies.  The fund, which had a GBP100 million hard cap, was oversubscribed. Commitments were made by existing and new institutional investors and WestBridge’s industrialist Strategic Investor Group.  

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Read all about it! The new weekly Private Equity Wire newsletter

Our daily Private Equity Wire newsletter is changing to a weekly format and, from 12 May, 2019, will be published and distributed via email to registered readers on Wednesday mornings.  Our new offering will include a short editorial from the Private Equity Wire editor on the activities in the sector from the previous

Northleaf hits USD300m hard cap for Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II

Northleaf Capital Partners’ (Northleaf) has held the final closing of the Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II (NVCF II) at its hard cap of USD300 million.  NVCF II is Northleaf’s third Canadian venture capital fund and forms part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.  In addition to initial capital commitments received

Mid Europa sells Knjaz Milos to KMV and PepsiCo

Private equity investor Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) is to sell Knjaz MiloÅ¡, a producer of mineral water and non-alcoholic beverages in Serbia and the surrounding region, to a joint venture between Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and PepsiCo.  The transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance and is expected

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