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Caledonia's Duncan Johnson steps down, replaced by Tom Leader
Johnson steps down after 10 years of service, and becomes CEO at Northern Gritstone
Eurazeo raises €1bn for secondaries programme
Capital raised includes €700m for Idinvest Secondary Fund IV and €300m raised from individuals
ACP raises €814m for flagship fund-of-funds
Access Capital Partners held a first close for ACF VIII in June 2019, securing €412m in commitments
European PE buyout activity sets new record in H1
Hectic first quarter drove an unprecedented spike in deal activity, while aggregate value is just shy of hitting an all-time high
Inflexion promotes four to partner
Richard Booth, Sergio Ferrarini, Jon Ma and Sarah Gestetner are all promoted to partner
Park Square IR head Piers Dennison joins Greenbrook
Dennison joins the communications consultancy as an adviser
Apollo confirms interest in Morrisons bid
PE firm would have to top a £9.52bn EV offer from a Fortress-led consortium made over the weekend
Ashridge scores 1,439% IRR on Marclay after four-month hold
Ashridge invested in the UK-based cybersecurity and incident response firm in February
Astorg gears up for fund VIII launch
Predecessor Astorg VII held a final close in January 2019 on €4bn
Investindustrial exits Polynt-Reichhold in buy-back
Asset was expected to fetch around €2.5bn, with Lone Star previously thought to be in exclusivity
Carlyle injects €60m into Inova
GP invests via Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV, a €1.4bn fund closed in 2019
Healthcare buyout value hits new high in first half
Trio of mega-buyouts push the aggregate value of deals to €19.5bn in H1, versus €11bn in H2 last year
Phoenix confirms Sygnature sale to Five Arrows
Deal is the third strong exit from Phoenix's 2016 fund, following Travel Chapter for 3.6x and Rayner for 4.3x
Rede appoints three new partners
Alexandra Bazarewski, Magnus Goodlad and Bruce Weir all make partner as the firm celebrates its 10th anniversary
SoftBank leads $600m series-D for CMR Surgical
Series-D values the business at around $3bn, according to an FT report
Brookfield buys Modulaire from TDR in $5bn deal
TDR Capital acquired a 66.98% stake in Modulaire as part of a €478m take-private in 2004
Ares takes 33% stake in Atlético Madrid
Club shareholders unanimously agree to a €181m capital increase
Artá Capital becomes independent, eyes €400m for Fund III
Management team buys out Corporación Financiera Alba's stake in the Spanish GP
Queen's Park Equity hires Manning from Livingbridge
Nick Manning spent two years at Livingbridge following stints at Arrowpoint Advisory and KPMG
PAI buys Pasubio from CVC
CVC bought Pasubio in 2017 through its CVC Capital Partners VI fund
Oakley Capital acquires Primavera for Ekon merger
GP invests via Oakley Capital III fund, will combine the asset with existing portfolio company Ekon
Squire Patton Boggs launches new funds practice in London
Steven Ward joins from Paul Hastings as partner in order to lead the new practice
UK universities team up to launch Impact 12 fund
Fund will launch later this year with an initial fundraising target of £8m
KKR appoints new senior adviser for Europe
Ajay Kavan most recently served as CEO of Matches Fashion, following several roles at Amazon