News/Industry
BlackRock mulls new vintage of private capital products for sophisticated retail investors in Europe
Global asset manager explores new generation of private market funds for wealthy individuals banking on positive uptake from retail investors
Brookfield acquires DWS private equity secondaries unit
Asset manager plans expansion into PE GP-leds, bolstering its existing real estate secondaries strategy
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 26 January 2023
Unquote’s selection of the latest add-ons, with ICG's Circet, Five Arrows' Mintec, Carlyle's Jagex, and more
Travers Smith names new head of PE and financial sponsors group
Lucie Cawood's appointment follows poaching of Ian Shawyer by Cleary Gottlieb earlier this month
Ardian plans North American drive with tech, services deals on radar
French sponsor looks to more than double exposure to US and Canada when next flagship buyout fund launches
DBAG turns focus to proprietary dealflow as auctions slowdown
Valuations could cool off as debt availability tightens, German GP's partner Thilo-Anyas Koenig tells Unquote
EQT on track for 2023 final close for Fund X
GP has so far raised more than EUR 16bn for the vehicle against EUR 20bn target
Inflexion hires new head of financial services from Cinven
Andrea Bertolini to lead sector origination; Daan Gankema and Rob Dunnett join as directors in Benelux and Yorkshire
Partners Group sets fundraising guidance at USD 17bn-22bn
Private markets investor finished 2022 at the bottom of USD 22bn-26bn target for new commitments
KBW bolsters European investment banking team
Financial services bank promotes Alistair McKay to head; hires Alex Smith from Santander and Gonzalo Smolders from HSBC
Cleary Gottlieb hires Travers Smith's Shawyer for M&A practice
Ian Shawyer spent 17 years with Travers Smith and has worked on mandates for GPs including Bridgepoint
GLP Capital Partners taps Kirkland & Ellis PE partner
Michael Steele to join investment manager in secondment likely to lead to permanent role, sources say
Rede Partners opens Amsterdam office
Private capital adviser aims to grow its European footprint with first office on the continent
AG Capital kicks off inaugural fund with Improove buyout
Austrian emerging manager acquires local SEO agency with country's first buyout fund in a decade
Bellevue hires ex-Partners Group trio for new secondaries strategy
Switzerland-based asset manager plans to launch first secondaries vehicle in 2023
FSI eyes new fund with near EUR 1bn returned to LPs this year
Italian GP conducted three exits in 2022; Fund II would have similar size as EUR 1.4bn predecessor
Equistone makes three ESG manager hires
London, Paris and Munich appointments will assist with ESG in the investment and portfolio management processes
Intesa Sanpaolo investment banking head exits for BNP Paribas
Marco Lattuada previously oversaw activities including M&A and debt capital markets at the Italian firm
Tikehau taps Unilever VP to lead regenerative agricultural practice
Laurent-David Charbit will co-head the strategy investing recently launched EUR 1bn fund
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 14 December 2022
Unquote’s selection of the latest add-ons, including CVC's Stark Group, Bridgepoint's Kereis, EQT's Open Systems, and more
Large LPs among most concerned about denominator effect – Coller Capital
As the stock market slump slows down their PE commitments, LPs are set to increase use of the secondaries market to balance allocations
Move Capital plans 2023 final close for debut European growth fund
B2B growth technology investor held a first close for the fund in 2020, raising more than EUR 100m
Unigestion’s de Dardel to succeed Frick as CEO
Head of private equity Christophe de Dardel takes up the role after 22 years with the Swiss asset manager
Female Founders plans final close for EUR 20m debut fund in Q3 2023
Vienna-based VC investing in women-led teams held first close on EUR 12m in October