Benelux
EUROPE/UK - OMERS appoints senior MD from 3i
OMERS Private Equity has appointed 3i's Mark Redman as senior managing director of Europe.
NETHERLANDS - Waterland purchases Intertrust
Waterland Private Equity has purchased 100% of Fortis Intertrust Group Holding, a trust and corporate solutions company, from Fortis Bank Netherland and BGL.
NETHERLANDS - Icos backs BiAqua spin-out
Icos Capital has backed the spin-out of BiAqua, a developer of water contamination solutions, from the Delft University of Techonology.
The Big 3
Rikke Lilla Eckhoff talks to Katharina Lichter, a managing director and head of research at Capital Dynamics, about succession issues, spin-out teams and the bid-ask spread on secondaries
Strange bedfellows
Not so long ago, corporates and private equity firms were arch rivals in many hotly contested auctions. Could the lack of liquidity in today's market, volatility and poor visibility encourage erstwhile contenders to consider joining forces?
Mixed signals
For all the talk of stillness associated with the summer, the various regional unquote" publications have recorded an increased number of deals lately. The latest issues of France and Nordic unquote" have registered 30 and 27 deals respectively, up substantially...
LUXEMBOURG - IK takes majority stake in Vistra
Buyout house IK Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in corporate structuring specialists Vistra Group for an undisclosed sum, alongside a group of investors including Reggeborgh Groep.
GLOBAL - Carlyle appoints leveraged finance MD
International investment house Carlyle Group has today announced the appointment of Debra Pedersen as managing director in the firm's New York-based global leveraged finance team, focusing on investor relations and fundraising.
NETHERLANDS - Gilde leads $11m ProFibrix funding
Gilde Health Partners has led a $11m series-B financing round for biotechnology business ProFibrix BV, alongside existing investor Index Ventures.
EUROPE - KKR closes European annex fund
US-based buyout giant KKR has closed a EUR 400m annex fund to support additional equity investments for portfolio companies of its second European fund, which closed in 2005 on approximately EUR 4bn.
EUROPE - Candover reports further NAV decline; Buffin steps down
Bealeagured buyout firm Candover today released its interim management statement, which reveals a further 12% decline in NAV and sweeping changes to the firm's management.
EUROPE - Gimv appoints new technology adviser
Belgian-based investor Gimv has appointed Richard Seibt, chairman of the Open Source Business Foundation, to its Technology Advisory Board.