LPs
PGB mandates Aberdeen Standard with €500m
Partnership would be structured as a fund-of-one, with ASI co-investing in each fund
Stonehage Fleming expands private capital team
Meiping Yap joins as director and James Jefferson as senior associate
Minnesota State Board set to commit $550m to PE
LP is set to commit $550m to four private equity funds, according to its latest meeting minutes
L&G hires Columbia Threadneedle's Scrimgeour
Michelle Scrimgeour joins from Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where she worked as EMEA CEO
Secondaries in Private Equity
Unquote analysis of the secondaries market is now available for download
Contrasting fortunes: debt and venture secondaries
Private debt secondaries have the wind firmly in their sails, while the longer-established venture secondaries space is still an acquired taste
Universal-Investment reorganises management team
Reinhard replaces Bernd Vorbeck, who will now serve as supervisory board member
PE professionals struggling to meet higher GP commitments - survey
Trend is driven partly by an increase in fund size, but also LPs demanding more skin in the game
Ex-HQ Capital CEO moves to Schroders
Based in London and Frankfurt, Wunderlin will report to group chief executive Peter Harrison
Italian journalists' fund seeks VC opportunities
The National Institute for Italian Journalists' Social Security (INPGI) has launched a tender notice seeking closed-ended venture capital and growth capital funds to invest in.
Tesi to invest €75m in circular economy initiatives
Tesi’s fund-of-funds programme makes 5-10 investments per year, totalling €100-150m
Storebrand buys Cubera Private Equity
Purchase price may increase in connection with the raising of capital for new funds
LGPS Central closes first PE fund
First time that pension fund partnership LGPS Central has launched a private equity fund
US investors eye European first-time funds
Maiden fundraises are maintaining momentum, with US institutional investors increasingly drawn to such vehicles
Private investor platform Truffle Invest offers first PE fund
Platform launched in September last year and has already backed a VC fund with private funds
ATP records loss despite strong PE returns
DKK 785bn fund’s performance took a hit from investments in the global equity markets
Adams Street hires de Beau for primary investments team
Responsibilities include managing private equity fund manager relationships throughout Europe
SEB Investment Management appoints new CEO
Ragnartz joins from pension company AMF, where she worked as head of asset management
Ex-AP6 exec Erik Nobel launches LLCP Stockholm office
Erik Nobel is in charge of establishing and managing the newly established office in Stockholm
Video: catching up with Pantheon's Helen Steers
Steers shars her insights on emerging managers, the current fundraising environment, Pantheon's focus on secondaries, and more
Fondazione Enasarco seeks new CIO
Unquote understands that Enasarco is seeking an external candidate to fill in the position
OIC set to commit to Blackstone fund
One third of the fund would be allocated to Western Europe and Asia, but it invests primarily in North America
Video: LP insights from Hermes GPE's Elias Korosis
Partner Elias Korosis talks to Denise Ko Genovese about specialist funds, emerging managers and much more
Video: EIF's Panier talks fundraising, succession
Denise Ko Genovese interviews EIF's head of European lower-mid-market equity investments at the IPEM conference in Cannes
