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Portfolio Advisors raises over $1bn for oversubscribed Fund XI

Private markets specialist Portfolio Advisors has held the final close of the Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund XI at just over $1 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and surpassed its original target of $750 million.

Apollo-backed OLB puts IPO plans on hold

Oldenburgische Landesbank AG, a German lender backed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, has but the brakes on plans for an IPO that was expected to happen as early as May of this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Cleary Gottlieb adds to EMEA PE practice

Multinational law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has added to its private equity practice in London with the appointment of leveraged finance specialist Ed Aldred as a partner. Aldred joins from Linklaters where he spent over 20 years – the past five as co-head of the firm’s financial sponsor

HIG sells Brazilian chemicals co

An affiliate of alternative investment firm HIG Capital has sold Elekeiroz, a specialist in the oxo-alcohols, plasticizers, phthalic & maleic anhydrides and sulfuric acid markets in Brazil, to Latin American speciality chemicals company Oswaldo Cruz Química.

Third Bridge launches transcript platform for buy-side community

Investment research company Third Bridge has launched Community a new product offering providing hedge find, private equity firms, credit investors, mutual funds, and strategy consultants access to transcribed interviews between investors and industry experts.

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Ares and Mubadala launch $1bn global credit secondaries JV

Private equity investment manager Ares Management Corporation has partnered with Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s global sovereign investor, to form a joint venture that will invest around $1 billion in global credit secondaries opportunities.

Ardian eyes Italian tower operator deal

French private equity investment firm Ardian has begun exploring a possible bid to take INWIT, an Italian-based telecoms tower operator, private at a market value of around €11 billion, according to a report by Reuters. Unnamed Reuters sources say that Ardian, which is the INWIT’s second largest shareholder with a

JIP’s $15bn Toshiba bid gets board approval

Toshiba Corp’s board has accepted a $15 billion buyout offer from a consortium of investors led by Tokyo-based private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners, according to a report by the Nikkei Business Daily.

Arlington forms new cyber intelligence platform

Arlington Capital Partners has launched Eqlipse Technologies, a new platform company formed from firms focused on full-spectrum cyber and signals intelligence engineering, digital operations and identity management, and research and development.

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