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Investor appetite for alternative assets remains strong despite broader macro disruption, according to Coller Capital’s latest semi-annual Global Private Equity Barometer.
H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $59bn of equity capital under management, has announced that Jenny Nelson, Jennie Park, and Joe Tremblay have joined the firm’s Capital Formation Group. Nelson and Tremblay will join as Managing Directors, based in California, and Park has joined as a Principal, based in New York.
AnaCap, a partner for founders and entrepreneurial management teams across services, technology and software within the European financial ecosystem, has announced the closing of its maiden Continuation Fund at €300m. This includes interests in two highly successful investments, German insurance broker consolidation platform MRH Trowe and tax services SaaS provider Gestión Tributaria Territorial, SA.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has expanded its private credit business in Asia with the hire of Yew Chuan Sima former Nomura executive. He will join SMBC’s loan capital markets department as head of private credit distribution, Asia Pacific, according to a statement.
Blackstone is leading a loan package to back Permira’s buyout of Gossler, Gobert & Wolters, a German insurance firm, according to a report by Bloomberg. The package is valued at €950m ($1bn).
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has raised around $1.2bn across two new funds, the North Haven Expansion Equity IX fund and North Haven Expansion Credit II fund, which will make later stage growth equity and credit investments.
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, one of the biggest US public pension schemes, has lost most of its private equity team after the fund made changes that hindered the group’s ability to make allocations to the asset class, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pennsylvania-based private equity firm Taurus Private Markets has held the final close of Taurus Private Markets Fund II, which initially targeted $150m, with over $211m in capital commitments.
Key decision-makers at Europe’s largest private equity managers are to meet in London next year at The Private Equity Wire European Leadership Summit 2024. Taking place on Wednesday, 28 February, the highly anticipated event – now in its fourth year – will bring together senior executives from established PE firms to delve into the critical issues shaping the industry.
Global private investment firm KKR & Co is planning to launch its first global climate fund and is targeting a fundraise of up to $7bn to invest in energy transition opportunities, according to a report by Reuters.
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