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Eurazeo CEO to depart in board revamp

Eurazeo CEO Virginie Morgon, is to depart the company, along with general secretary Nicolas Huet and mid-large buyout head Marc Frappier, in April, following the appointment of a new executive board at the French listed investment company, according to a report by unquote.com.

Oakley Capital raises over €2.5bn for Fund V

Oakley Capital, a pan-European, mid-market private equity investor, has closed Oakley Capital V at its hard cap of €2.85 billion, exceeding its €2.5 billion target. Fund V, which is almost double the size of its predecessor fund, attracted strong support from new and existing investors.

Carlyle and Bacon to sell metals trader

Carlyle Group and Louis Bacon, founder and CEO of hedge fund firm Moore Capital Management, are to sell commodity trader Traxys to a group of investors led by high-frequency trading firm Optiver, according to a report by Bloomberg. Dutch firm Optiver is a specialist market maker in liquid electronic markets

Australian VC slumps by a third in 2022

The value of Australian venture capital investments fell by around a third in 2022, mirroring slumps in listed global technology companies and venture markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Kramer Levin adds partner in PE practice

Zachary Jacobs has joined Kramer Levin’s New York office as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity practice. The firm has added six prominent lateral partners in key practice areas since the beginning of 2023. Jacobs represents clients in public and private acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, focusing on representing

Hanover hits halfway mark for Fund III

Hanover Investors has raised £150 million for its third private equity investment fund, which has a target of £300 million and will focus on acquisition opportunities in small cap public markets. Fund III is expected to hold its final close by June 2023.

Carlyle Group

Carlyle hires ex-Goldman exec as CEO

Carlyle Group has completed its search for a successor to chief executive officer Kewson Lee, who abruptly resigned from the private investment firm back in August last year, with the appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Harvey Schwartz to the role, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Thoma Bravo’s QAD to acquire employee productivity platform

QAD, a business software provider and a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo since being taken private by the software investment specialist for $2 billion in 2021, is to acquire employee productivity platform Redzone in a deal worth around $1 billion, according to a report by Reuters. Founded in 2013, Redzone

Patient Square raises largest-ever first fund

Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital, has closed its inaugural fund with approximately $3.9 billion in total capital commitments, surpassing its $3 billion target, which the firm says makes it the largest first-time private equity fund ever raised, and the largest fund ever raised by a dedicated health-care-focused private equity,

Carlyle and Stellex to sell ship repairer to Lone Star Funds

Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and private equity firm Stellex Capital Management are to sell Titan Acquisition Holdings, a bi-coastal specialist in ship repair services and marine and heavy complex fabrication, to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.   The transaction is expected to close in 2023 subject

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