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AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with over €186 billion of assets under management, has appointed Victoria Hall to the newly created role of Head of Funds, Infrastructure. Based in London, Hall will report directly to Mark Gilligan, AXA IM Alts’ Head of Infrastructure.
Hall will be responsible for supporting the growth of AXA IM Alts’ infrastructure platform, overseeing investment execution, portfolio management and the implementation of ESG and sustainable finance disclosure obligations. She will also work closely with new and existing clients seeking to invest in stable alternative assets that offer resilient inflation protection.
Hall was
As ESG legislation becomes increasingly strict, more private equity firms are spending a lot of time and effort to ensure their portfolios are regulation compliant. KEY ESG’s innovative software solution takes the hassle out of ESG management, streamlining processes, providing actionable insights, and collating all ESG data in one place.
Hastings-based telemedicine provider Medica Group has become the latest UK-listed firm to be snapped up by private equity investors after agreeing to be acquired by IK Partners (IK) in a deal that values the business at £269 million, according to a report by Bloomberg.
TPG Capital has formally withdrawn its offer to acquire InvoCare almost a month after Australia’s largest listed funeral company said the private equity firm’s AUD1.8 billion ($1.2bn) buyout proposal was too low, according to a report by The Financial Review.
TPG and InvoCare have been in dialogue since TPG submitted an offer of AUD12.65 per share which represented a 41% premium to the company’s share price prior to the bid. But the PE firm, which now holds a 19.9% stake in the business having acquired the holdings of several institutional investors including Aware Super, has now formally withdrawn its offer.
TowerBrook Capital Partners, a London and New York-based private investment firm and the first mainstream private equity firm to be certified as a B Corporation, has made the first investments as part of its impact strategy.
The volume of venture capital and private equity investment in Spain hit a new record high of €9.24 billion across 958 investments in 2022, according to the latest data from SpainCap, with international funds making a record €7.406 million of investments.
Domestic private funds meanwhile, made €1.685 million of investments across 592 investments, while domestic public funds provided €147 million in 144 investments.
Over the course of the year, 15 megadeals (more than €100m) were closed, while mid-market transactions (€10m-€100m) accounted for 33% of the total volume invested, with 114 investments made in 2022.
Divestment (at cost) amounted to
Global infrastructure investment manager Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III, is to acquire Enva, an environmental services platform providing specialised, and regulated waste management services in the UK and Ireland.
The deal is part of I Squared’s investment strategy to build a diverse portfolio of waste processing and recycling, industrial waste-to-energy, and wastewater treatment assets in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. That portfolio also includes US-based VLS Environmental Solutions and Australia-based Soilco, as well as an industrial-waste-to-energy plant in Taiwan and multiple wastewater treatment facilities in China.
Enva conducts waste collection, processing, and resource recovery at 34
Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has expanded its ESG capabilities with the addition of Hannah-Polly Williams as a director and the head of ESG in Europe.
Williams will work closely with CD&R’s European investment teams and the US and Global ESG team to accelerate initiatives that create value for the firm’s portfolio companies in the UK and Europe.
Williams has significant experience across ESG, corporate governance and investor engagement. Most recently, she was a senior director at FTI Consulting, where she advised on corporate strategy projects and helped financial services, healthcare and industrials clients devise and implement
A&M Capital Europe, a London-based middle-market private equity investment firm with €650 million of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in World of Sweets and Bobby’s, from Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
Blackstone is aiming to raise $10 billion for the first vintage of its new direct lending fund, which launched in the first quarter of the year and will be marketed to both institutional and insurance clients, according to a report by BuyoutsInsider.
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