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DWS has added Max Elliott-Taylor as CLO Portfolio Manager to its EMEA alternative credit team, effective immediately. Based in London, Elliot-Taylor reports to Dan Robinson, EMEA Head of Alternative Credit.
Polish private equity firm Innova Capital Group, via its fund, Innova/6, has agreed to sell Optical Investment Group, a Romanian retailer of optical eyecare and eyewear products, to Italian-French multinational EssilorLuxottica.
Global alternative asset manager Ares Management Corporation, has closed its latest private credit fund at $34bn, making it the largest private credit fund ever raised, and reflecting a high level investor demand for the asset class.
Over 70% of investors access impact investing via private equity, followed by venture capital (44%), private credit (36%) and infrastructure (31%), according to specialist global impact investment firm Blue Earth Capital’s Impact 360 Survey.
Hunter Point Capital, an investment firm providing capital to alternative asset managers, has appointed SD Chu and Akira Takahashi as Managing Director, Singapore and Senior Advisor, Japan respectively.
Acuity Knowledge Partners, a research, analytics, staffing and technology provider to the financial services sector including hedge funds and private equity firms, has appointed Jon O’Donnell as Chief Operating Officer.
KKR has competed its acquisition of Avantus, a US developer of solar and solar storage projects. Avantus has also secured a $522m development facility arranged by KKR Capital Markets and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
German private equity firm Deutsche Beteiligungs has appointed Sigrid Rosemeyer as Managing Director. In her new role, Rosemeyer will oversee the firm’s restructured investor relations department, comprising fund investor relations, corporate communications and marketing.
Johannesburg-based Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management raised £15m (ZAR350m) in Q2 2024 for its flagship private credit fund, Westbrooke Yield Plus, according to a report by FAnews.
Private investment firm Arctos Partners has acquired British Columbia Investment Management Corporation’s majority stake in Europe-focused private credit firm Hayfin Capital Management.
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