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As part of its long-standing commitment to embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across its spheres of influence, Carlyle has created the Carlyle DEI Leadership Network, a coalition of the firm’s portfolio company CEOs around the globe to develop a peer group for shared resources, insights, and learnings to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within their respective companies.
The DEI Leadership Network will gather for the first inaugural meeting on 24 March.
Spearheaded by Carlyle’s CEO Kewsong Lee and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Kara Helander, the network will leverage the firm’s global reach and span across industries to
Drawbridge, a premier provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has created an Industry Advisory Board (IAB), which brings together exceptional industry leaders with unmatched experience to foster an open exchange of ideas and best practices to help advance cyber defences.
Comprised of industry luminaries and current Drawbridge clients, the IAB members each boast deep financial services sector knowledge and are at the forefront of the security, legal, compliance and outsourced business solutions sectors. Insights shared by the IAB will help inform and support Drawbridge’s business strategy and evolving product roadmap, and IAB members will have
High-net-worth individuals and retail represent a further stage of growth in private equity allocations. The largest fund managers are leading the charge, as regulators watch closely.
Global investment solutions provider Russell Investments has appointed Gavin Anderson as Director, Private Markets.
Based in London, Anderson will report to Chris Davies, Head of UK Distribution.
Zurich-based venture capital investor, Redalpine, is launching its next private equity fund with a target target volume of CHF1 billion and an evergreen structure making it more attractive to a broader professional investor base.
The Summit Fund has an evergreen structure, which is unique in venture capital but typical in classic equity investment funds. This allows for diversification over time across multiple economic and innovation cycles while providing investors with partial liquidity of their shares. Investors will benefit from exclusive access to investments in promising young companies and a return typical for this asset class. The CHF 1 billion target
Chabi Nouri has joined Mirabaud Asset Management’s Private Equity division as Private Equity Partner and will co-manage the Lifestyle Private Equity franchise alongside David Wertheimer, Private Equity Partner and Manager of the Mirabaud Lifestyle Impact & Innovation strategy.
With a wealth of experience in international luxury and consumer goods organisations, Nouri will support the Lifestyle Impact & Innovation strategy holdings to create value and growth and unleash their full potential. Together with David Wertheimer, she will also participate in developing the strategy through the study of future investments and identifying companies with high long-term growth and profitability potential.
Investor and developer Rocket Properties has refinanced its Linen Court development in London’s Shoreditch area with a six-year, GBP70 million term loan facility provided by M&G’s Real Estate Finance team.
The funding was arranged by real estate advisory firm Moorhall Capital on behalf of Rocket Properties.
Located just off Old Street’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’, Linen Court is a 150,000 sq ft mixed use scheme that was originally completed by Rocket Properties in 2012. The development comprises a 10-storey office building that is occupied by WeWork, a 251-bed Premier Inn, pub and residential units.
M&G was the incumbent funding partner, and the
Immobel Capital Partners, the London-based investment management business of Immobel Group, has appointed Monica O’Neill as Head of Capital and Investor Relations.
O’Neill joins with over thirty years’ experience in fundraising, global marketing, Joint Ventures, investor relations and compliance matters, having previously worked across leading international private equity real estate firms.
Most recently she has been advising global clients through her own consulting firm, ENSO Advisors LLC. Prior to this she was one of the founding partners of Tristan Capital Partners, which during her tenure grew from 6 to 100 employees and over EUR10 billion under management.
O’Neill will
Forestreet, a next generation research platform has secured a GBP2.75 million capital investment from Guinness Ventures, advised by White Horse Capital.
Forestreet has developed an automated research platform which can map every company and product in a market, down to feature level, on demand. The Forestreet AI engine processes millions of data-points to provide real-time, data-led insights.
The new funding will allow Forestreet to increase its target audience – from its existing base of procurement, M&A, private equity and investment professionals – to a wider range of end customers in different sectors, enabling users to generate bespoke, comprehensive, granular and
Palex, a distributor of high value-added MedTech equipment and solutions in Iberia, has announced today the bolt-on acquisition of Gada, a leading player in the Italian market.
Since 2016, Palex has completed more than 12 bolt-on acquisitions. This is the second add-on since Fremman Capital acquired a majority stake in the company in December 2021.
Gada is a leading distributor of medical devices for cardiovascular, blood management, and intensive care, and an experienced provider of integrated healthcare services to hospitals.
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