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Chris Fowler joins CVC Credit Partners

Chris Fowler has joined CVC Credit Partners as a Managing Director in the Private Debt team, led by Tom Newberry, Partner. Fowler will be based in London and will report to Neale Broadhead, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager.  In this new role, he will be responsible for investments in CVC

Preqin Tim Friedman

Backstop integrates with Preqin

Backstop Solutions Group – a provider of cloud-based solutions designed to help the institutional investment industry save time, increase productivity and make better investment decisions – has partnered with Preqin Ltd.  With this partnership, Backstop users can now seamlessly integrate Preqin investor data into their Backstop CRM platform. “Many of

Union Group buys Peru hydropower plant from Rurelec in USD14.3 million deal

Union Group has continued its expansion in the growing Peru hydropower sector with the acquisition of Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Canchayllo SAC (EGECSAC), a subsidiary of Rurelec PLC, for a total consideration of USD14.3 million. The deal includes a 5.26MW run-of-river hydro power plant in Junin, Peru, which adds to

Christopher Elvin, Preqin

Preqin launches advanced benchmarking tools for PE performance

Investors and fund managers alike frequently benchmark private equity returns against public markets in order to gauge the relative performance of their investments.  For investors, it is an important exercise to undertake to inform portfolio construction decisions and to evaluate the performance of one asset class against another. For fund

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Swander Pace Capital to sell Merrick Pet Care to Nestlé Purina

Private equity firm Swander Pace Capital is, is selling Merrick Pet Care, a natural and organic pet food leader, to Nestlé Purina PetCare. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.  Other selling shareholders include founder Garth Merrick, Monitor Clipper Partners, and Highland Consumer Partners. Since Swander Pace acquired the

Alliance Tire Group joins KKR’s Green Portfolio Program

Alliance Tire Group (ATG) has joined KKR’s Green Portfolio Program (GPP), an operational improvement program that uses an environmental lens to assess critical business activities of KKR’s participating private equity portfolio companies. ATG is a global tire maker that specialises in producing off-highway tires and caters primarily to the agricultural,

Henry Kravis, co-founder, KKR

KKR appoints Atsushi Saito as Chairman for Japan

KKR has appointed former President and CEO of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Japan Exchange Group (JPX), as Non-Executive Chairman of KKR Japan, effective 1 August, 2015. Henry R Kravis (pictured), Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, says: “We are extremely fortunate to have Mr Atsushi Saito join us. He

Richard Baker, president and chief executive of the Managed Funds Association

MFA to hold inaugural European Conference in London

The Managed Funds Association (MFA) inaugural European Conference, the Global Summit 2015, will be held on 27 October in London. The conference aims to broaden awareness of the important role alternative investments play in the European Union and help fund managers navigate evolving US and EU regulatory frameworks.   “As

BrightBytes secures USD33m series C round led by Insight Venture Partners

BrightBytes has secured a USD33 million Series C financing led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners, with Bessemer Venture Partners, Rethink Education and Learn Capital also participating.  The capital will be used to expand BrightBytes' Clarity platform for K-12 leaders, continue globalisation of its

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