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Private Equity investment commitments from public pensions tracked by eVestment more than tripled from May to June this year, ending a three-month drop off in commitments that began in March as the worldwide impact of the Covid-19 pandemic intensified. According to the just-released eVestment Private Markets Monitor, public pension plans tracked by eVestment reported commitments to private equity funds in June 2020 totalling USD11.7 billion, compared to USD3.4 billion in commitments announced in May. The amount even beats the previous 12-month high of USD11.16 billion announced commitments reported in September 2019.
June also saw public plan commitment announcements compared to
Behrman Capital portfolio company Pelican Products, a specialist in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective cases, temperature-controlled packaging systems and advanced portable lighting systems, has named Phil Gyori the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Gyori has served as Group President of Pelican since joining in 2016. He succeeds Lyndon Faulkner, who becomes Executive Chairman after serving as Chief Executive Officer since 2006.
Grant G Behrman, Managing Partner of Behrman Capital, says: “We are delighted that Phil Gyori will serve as the new CEO of Pelican Products. Phil is a distinguished and outstanding executive who has been instrumental to
DLA Piper has appointed private equity (PE) lawyer Piero Carbone as a partner in its Corporate practice, based in London.Carbone will be joining the firm in September from McDermott Will & Emery, where he has been a partner since 2016.
Carbone’s experience spans the full private equity spectrum. He advises sponsors on buyouts, public-to-privates, growth and venture investments as well as buy-and-build transactions. He also advises fund managers on multi-jurisdictional fundraisings. His clients include US and European private equity firms and fund managers focusing on a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, technology, hospitality, healthcare and consumer
Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has promoted Catherine Anne Prideaux, Christina Wang and John Hudgens were promoted from Associate to Senior Associate, effective 1 August.Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner, says: “The professionals on the Kainos investment team are critical to the firm’s ability to drive growth and value across the Kainos portfolio. Since joining the firm in 2018, Catherine Anne, Christina and John have demonstrated exceptional work ethic and technical development as private equity professionals. We are excited to recognise their contributions not only to the execution of our investment strategy, but also to the culture
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing its focus on growth stage investment, particularly in the technology sector, with the appointment of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Victor Christou who takes up the new position of partner, head of growth, at the specialist small business investor that operates across the UK. Christou began his career as an academic at the University of Oxford before launching a spin-off business, Opsys, in 1997 that pioneered OLED display technology. After selling the business in 2002, he founded Aborescent and then moved to Oxford Capital Partners in 2005 where he was a senior investment manager before joining
Private Equity Wire sat down with Greg Bowes, co-founder and managing principal of Albright Capital, to talk about what distinguishes ESG issues in emerging markets from developed markets, how Covid-19 will affect the push towards ESG investing seen in recent years and how private credit strategies differ from private equity in terms of managing ESG.
North East university partnership Northern Accelerator is launching a new GBP1.7 million Seed Investment Fund that aims to grow the region’s economy, building on its successful record of creating innovative spin-out businesses.The Seed Investment Fund, managed by Northstar Ventures, will officially launch on 4 August, with the first deals to be completed in the next two months, and further funding allocated over a 12-month period. The fund will make significant investments in businesses with the best commercial ideas and high growth potential in a targeted group of sectors including healthcare, clean technology and data.
Northern Accelerator, comprised of Durham,
Private equity-backed property, site and people protection specialist Orbis Protect has made its first acquisition following a strong period of growth despite the UK-wide lockdown.The business employs more than 400 staff across 19 UK depots, working with clients across the private and public sectors. Its services include vacant property management – deep-cleaning, repairing and securing vacant properties ready for re-occupation, as well as site security for commercial offices, construction and other vulnerable sites through its monitoring services. It also offers a lone worker monitoring solution, supporting 35,000 workers annually with personalised alarm services.
The deal will see Orbis Protect
Western NIS Enterprise Fund has reached an agreement to sell, alongside other shareholders, its stake in Moldova-based Glass Container Company and Glass Container Prim (GCC) to Vetropack Austria Holding AG, a subsidiary of Vetropack Holding SA.Vetropack is a leading Swiss player in the European glass packaging industry with 2019 annual turnover of CHF714.9 million, and subsidiaries in Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine and Italy.
This transaction has been led by Horizon Capital, a leading regional private equity firm with over USD850 million under management, including managing the investment portfolio of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, an investment vehicle established
Madrid-based Bnext, a provider of alternative banking services, has secured USD13 million (EUR11million) in another capital investment round by its existing investors.
The startup’s total investments received to date are slightly above GBP43 million. In October 2019 DN Capital led its first investment round into the company, together with Redalpine and Speedinvest, closing a USD25 million Series A financing round – the largest in the fintech sector in Spain to date.
Commenting on that investment, Nenad Marovac, founder and managing partner of DN Capital said: “Bnext is the market leading digital bank in Spain and soon to be in Latin
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