GPs
YFM appoints Grant Thornton's Villiers
Prior to joining YFM, Villiers worked in Grant Thornton's corporate finance team
Nordic Capital announces NY base for US healthcare push
Initiative is being led by healthcare co-head Raj Shah and healthcare partner Thomas Vetander
Management due diligence: getting under the bonnet
Almost half of PE investors believe external assessments are the most important method for evaluating a management team
H2, Sherpa Capital and Auctus create Optimum Alliance
Alliance is comprised of small- and mid-cap investors with a focus on value creation
Playfair appoints Avonmore's Blakey as non-exec
Angel investor will also become a member of the seed capital firm's investment committee
Former Advent execs launch BD-Capital
GP was co-founded by ex-Advent partner Andy Dawson and ex-FTSE CEO Richard Baker
Houlihan Lokey appoints Collinson
Collinson joins from William Blair's European consumer and retail investment banking department
Investec, SVB provide £50m NAV facility to Draper Esprit
Loan has a three-year term and carries an interest rate at the Bank of England base rate +6.75%
Volpi appoints Investindustrial's Klasmeyer
Klasmeyer has worked at Lazard, Morgan Stanley, Pamplona Credit Mangament and Bain Capital Credit
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Generation game
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses new generations working in private equity
Apposite promotes Cunynghame and hires Harper
UK-based healthcare-focused PE firm promotes Alex Cunynghame to investment manager
Dunedin promotes three
Davidson, Hardy and Chung have worked on the buyouts of Alpha, GPS, CET, CitySprint and EV
GP Profile: Partech Partners
Venture veteran Partech prepares to leverage its digital experience to take on the buyout world
New investor Fond Of contributes to HTGF III
HGTF's third vehicle, High-Tech Gründerfonds III, held its final close on €316.5m in May 2018
Investcorp acquires Mercury Capital Advisers
Investcorp has been acquiring stakes in companies such as 3i's credit business to reach $50bn in AUM
Stirling Square appoints two to investment team
GP has appointed JP Morgan's Mazurier and Hannam Investments' Bloys to its London-based team
Investors inject €300m in Tikehau Capital Advisors
TCA forms part of the shareholding of France-headquartered asset manager Tikehau Capital
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Sector selectors
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses sector specialisation strategies
Equistone appoints BGF's Copeland and promotes Baker
Copeland joins as investment manager in Birmingham and Baker is promoted to investment director in London
DevCo hires Intera's Laakso
Laakso will be responsible for sourcing and executing new investments in Nordic companies
GP Profile: Maven Capital Partners
Maven Capital Partners is celebrating its 10th anniversary in June 2019, following a busy year on all fronts
EQT, Summa, LGT sign up to UN's SDG Impact initiative
Development comes two months after EQT co-founder Ståhlberg left to launch an impact-dedicated firm
All eyes on venture as corporates and PE swoop in
Up to 17% of venture investments in 2018 saw the backing of an investor based outside Europe
France-based Apax Partners hires de Cardes
De Cardes has 20 years of operational experience in TMT and joins the development team