Private equity group EQT has held the closing of the EQT Mid Market fund. Interest in the new fund was strong, with 95 per cent of the EUR1.1bn capital committed by existing EQT investors. The fund is advised by a dedicated team of 35 investment advisory professionals based in Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Hong Kong,
Segulah IV has entered into an agreement to acquire KP Components. KP Components, which was founded in 1969 by Poul Krogh Pedersen, offers complex machined metal components for hydraulics, power generation and fluid transportation. KP Components’ head office is located in Spjald, Denmark. Its products are distributed broadly across
Hamilton Lane, a private equity asset management firm, has appointed Mingchen Xia as principal on the fund investment team and Yen Li Chew as vice president in the business development group. The new hires will be based in Hong Kong and will further strengthen the firm's presence in the Asia-Pacific
Omnes Capital has sold its stake in Emalec Développement to the firm’s management team which is taking full control of the company. Based in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières, close to Lyon, Emalec is involved in maintenance, electrical, air conditioning systems and multi-technical repair works at branch networks in France including specialist retailing, bank
HIG Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company MagnaCare to an investor group led by an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, Pamplona Capital Management, and the MagnaCare management team. Based in New York, MagnaCare is a health plan services company offering a broad range of healthcare administrative services and
James Oussedik has joined Sidley Austin’s London office as counsel. He will be a senior member of the firm’s investment funds practice, which is dedicated to structuring and advising investment funds and advisers. Oussedik’s appointment follows that of Stephen Ross, who joined Sidley’s investment funds practice as partner earlier
Fewer than 20 per cent of alternative investment fund managers (AIFMSs) have submitted an application to their local regulator for Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) authorisation. That’s the finding of new research from BNY Mellon, which comes just six months before full implementation of the directive. Given that
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are making a joint investment in Cotton Way, a Russian commercial laundry and textile management company. RDIF and EBRD will together invest RUB3.6bn (USD109m), with each party contributing 50 per cent. The funds will
Chris Kuenne, who founded digital marketing agency Rosetta in 1998 and sold it to Publicis Groupe in 2011 for USD575m, is retiring from the company to launch Rosemark, a private equity firm. Kuenne (pictured) also intends to focus on his teaching of high-tech entrepreneurship at Princeton University. In growing the
Palatine Private Equity has appointed Charlotte Ashton as business development director. Ashton joins Palatine from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance where she worked for three years, initially in Manchester and then later in London focusing on specialist sectors. She worked on a wide range of transactions including Edward Billingtons acquisition
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