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GLOBAL - Blackstone's shares increase by over 7%
Shares of Blackstone rose by above 7% yesterday, largely a result of the expected positive earnings report to be released on 6 November.
NETHERLANDS – Gimv et al in EUR 13m round for GreenPeak
Gimv and Robert Bosch Venture Capital have led a EUR 13m series-B funding round for semiconductor business GreenPeak, alongside existing investors DFJ Esprit, Motorola Ventures and the Allegro Investment Fund.
EUROPE - Peter Combe leaves Permira Debt Managers
The head of Permira Debt Managers, Peter Combe, has left the UK private equity firm's debt fund as its second in command is promoted to prepare for the changing credit market opportunities.
EUROPE - YELLing about debt
The painful restructuring of YELL highlights the ills of yesterday's excesses - and shows there is a lot of pain ahead, writes Kimberly Romaine .
BELGIUM - KBC in EUR 2.2m capital increase for Cellumat
KBC Private Equity has, alongside management, participated in a capital increase for portfolio company Cellumat, raising EUR 2.2m
Global - Sofinnova Partners sign three biotech deals
French venture investor Sofinnova Partners has participated in funding rounds for three early-stage biotech companies, committing a total of GBP 30m. In the UK, Crescendo raised GBP 4.5m, while US-based Flexion Therapeutics and DNP Green Technology received...
EUROPE – Ogier appoints five
Ogier Group, a provider of offshore legal and fiduciary services, has appointed five new members to its partnership. Jane Pearce, Paul Perris, Nicholas Plowman, Sally Edwards and Edward Mackereth will all join on 1 February 2010.
EUROPE - PE up 107% in Q3
In the midst of renewed optimism over recovery prospects in the wider economy, private equity investment activity has continued to reverse the slump that had set in at the end of last year, recording a whopping 107% increase to EUR 9.6bn (257 deals) in...
BELGIUM - Vendis reaches first closing on EUR 55m
Belgian private equity firm Vendis Capital has raised EUR 55m for first close of its maiden fund.
BELGIUM - Capricorn launches health tech fund; expands team
Capricorn Venture Partners has launched a new vehicle designed to target early- to mid-stage health technology investments, seeking to raise between EUR 100-120m.
GLOBAL - Blackstone investors look to raise commitments
Reports suggest that investors in Blackstone's sixth fund, Blackstone Capital Partners VI, are looking to increase the size of their original commitments to the vehicle, which launched in January 2008.
NETHERLANDS - 3i divests Dockwise stake
3i has sold approximately 26% of its interest in Oslo-listed marine contractor Dockwise, as part of a wider placement of shares by the company that could raise between $220-250m.
EUROPE - EVCA calls for new RCAP for 2020
The EVCA has today called for an updated Risk Capital Action Plan (RCAP) for 2020, an agreement originally launched in 1998, in an effort to offset the potentially disastrous consequences of the European Commission's AIFM directive on the finance industry.
EUROPE - 3i partner McCallum leaves for KPMG
Advisory and accountancy company KPMG has hired 3i partner Blair McCallum to its firm.
BELGIUM - Capital-E in EUR 2.5m B-round for PharmaDiagnostics
Capital-E has participated in a series-B round for PharmaDiagnostics NV, alongside an undisclosed group of investors, raising EUR 2.5m.
US/EUROPE - First Reserve Corp adopts UN's PRI
Energy-focused investor First Reserve Corporation has today announced that it has adopted the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first energy-related private equity firm to do so.
EUROPE - Two senior partners leave Apax
It's election year and two senior figures have announced their resignation: no, not the UK's embattled Labour government, but global buyout house Apax Partners.
GLOBAL- Lionel Pincus dies
Lionel Pincus, founder and former chairman of private equity giant Warburg Pincus, died Saturday in New York after a long illness.
EUROPE/US - GI Partners closes $2bn third fund
GI Partners has held a final close of its latest vehicle, GI Partners Fund III, on close to $2bn, representing more than a 35% increase from the size of its predecessor.
NETHERLANDS - Earlybird and 360 invest EUR 6m into BMEYE
Earlybird Venture Capital and 360 Capital Partners have provided BMEYE, a medical equipment company, with a EUR 6m second round of financing.
NETHERLANDS - Carlyle could be sidelined in Stahl restructuring
Reports suggest that French listed investment firm Wendel has put forward a proposal for the restructuring of Stahl Holding BV, which, if approved, would leave co-investor Carlyle in the margins only three years after the two joined forces in the acquisition.
GLOBAL- Stanford University puts $1bn of assets on the block
Palo Alto-based Stanford University, one of the largest endowments, has put as much as $1bn of its illiquid investments up for sale in an effort to raise cash for the cash-strapped institution.
BELGIUM - Blackstone in talks with AB InBev
It is understood that buyout giant Blackstone is in talks with Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian business best known for its alcoholic beverage interests, regarding the purchase of some of the group's amusement parks, in a deal that could be worth as...
EUROPE - Former Northern Rock CEO appointed adviser for Apollo
Adam Applegarth, the former CEO of failed UK bank Northern Rock, has joined distressed debt investor Apollo Management as a senior advisor to the firm's European fund.