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HighPost Capital, a private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector, has added to its investment team with the appointment of David Weston as Managing Director, HighPost Fund I, effective immediately.
ESG executives’ scope of responsibilities is expanding exponentially as regulatory and investor demands continue to rise. Critical to their success is leadership buy-in and building a keen understanding of which ESG metrics are relevant to their particular strategy. Beth Meyer, Chief Legal Officer at Novata, provides practical guidance on how best to tackle the evolving ESG landscape.
Jeffrey Perlman, Managing Director and Head of Southeast Asia-Pacific Real Estate at Warburg Pincus, has been promoted to President as part of a succession plan that sees Timothy Geithner shift to the role of chairman, while Chip Kaye remains as Chief Executive Officer.
TPG is to acquire Nextech, a provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices, from Thomas H Lee Partners for $1.4 billion. TPG is investing in Nextech through TPG Capital, its US and European late-stage private equity platform.
Bain Capital Insurance, the insurance investing business of Bain Capital, has held the final close of its inaugural private equity fund, Bain Capital Insurance Fund, with $1.15bn in capital commitments, above its initial target of $750m.
The fund includes approximately $1bn of outside commitments from institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals and families. Bain Capital employees committed the balance of the fund, continuing the firm’s heritage of being the largest investor collectively across its funds.
Bain Capital Insurance Fund is focused on middle market transactions in North America and Europe across the entire insurance value chain and draws on Bain Capital’s
CenterGate Capital, an Austin, Texas-based lower middle market private equity firm, has held the final closing of CenterGate Capital Partners II (Fund II) in excess of its original target with over $375m of capital capital commitments.
Private investment firm Summa Equity has sold Kiona, a proptech firm and developer of a building energy efficiency software platform that allows users to monitor, control and optimise their energy consumption, to global energy efficiency specialist CAREL.
Stanley Capital Partners, a specialist healthcare and resource efficiency private equity investment firm, has expanded its team with the appointments of James Sexton and Frederik Fogtdal to the position of Principal.
Jefferies is forecasting moderately positive buyout marks in private equity for Q2, and believes there are “green shoots” in exit activity.
Jefferies’ latest Listed Private Equity Q2 Marks Outlook expects “moderately positive buyout marks” for Q2, in keeping with the performance in recent quarters.
Noting benchmark indices used to assess the direction of private equity buyout valuations, Jefferies’ commentary said the Russell 2000 Value Index was up 2.5%, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 1.5%.
Meanwhile, for venture/growth equity exposure, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index was up 15.4%, while the Refinitiv Venture Capital Index was up 18.6%.
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Ardian, a $150 billion private equity, real assets and credit manager, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of European waste management and circular economy platform Attero.
Headquartered in Wilp, the Netherlands, Attero is a Dutch operator of energy-from-waste, plastics recycling, biomethane production, and inert mineral depository facilities, processing 3.6mt of waste from municipalities and businesses and generating more than 800 GWh of renewable electricity, equivalent to powering 300,000 homes, as well as 22m m3 of green gas.
Ardian plans to support Attero’s renewable energy expansion via significant capex investments into biomethane from organic waste and solar PV development on
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