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New Jersey names new head of private equity

The New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Division of Investment has appointed Dana Johns as its new head of private equity with immediate effect. Johns was previously a member of the PE team at the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System. Johns has more than 20 years of experience investing

QED Investors closes nearly $1bn in new funds

Global fintech venture capital firm QED Investors has closed two new funds with combined capital commitments of $925 million – Fund VIII, an oversubscribed $650 million early stage fund, and Growth II, a $275 million early growth-stage fund.  QED says the new funds will allow it to continue to invest

Chronograph partners with Snowflake for PE portfolio monitoring

Chronograph, a provider of portfolio monitoring solutions for private equity, has begun working with data cloud company Snowflake to launch a new connectivity-as-a-service offering for PE portfolio monitoring. Chronograph’s Snowflake connectivity-as-a-service offering aims to simplify data extract, load, transform (ELT) at scale, and enhances the company’s existing portfolio monitoring solutions,

Blazehill Capital closes fund II at £250m

Blazehill Capital, a credit opportunities debt fund providing flexible financing solutions to mid-market businesses, has held the final close of its £250 million Fund II, just two years on from the launch of its maiden fund.

Paul Hastings adds three-partner finance team in New York

Paul Hastings has bolstered its global finance platform with the addition of a three-partner finance group comprising Marc Lashbrook, Josh Zelig, and David Barash in New York from the Band 1 practice at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. The trio is known for their transactional work for clients including JP

Alt fund managers optimistic about launches and capital raising

Alternative fund managers are optimistic about the next 18 months, with almost all (98%) confident about launching new funds and eight in ten (81%) expecting fundraising to be higher in the next next year and a half than in the previous 18 months, according to new research form Ocorian. Some

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Discount PE ‘follow-on’ deals on the up

In a sign that stock market valuations are not expected to regain their previous highs anytime soon, private equity firms are increasingly selling shares in portfolio companies at a discount to their IPO prices, according to a report by The Financial Times.

Permira appoints senior healthcare adviser

Global private equity firm Permira has appointed David Floyd as a senior adviser to its global Healthcare team. Floyd brings over 35 years of experience in healthcare with a particular focus on the medical device industry. Floyd’s professional experience spans international leadership roles including group president of orthopaedics, Stryker Corporation

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