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UK - 3i-led consortium drops out of Gatwick bid
According to reports, the 3i-led consortium, which includes two Canadian pension funds, has pulled out of the bidding for London's Gatwick airport.
ITALY – LIA and Mediobanca to raise $500m special situations fund
According to sources, the Libyan Investment Authority and Mediobanca are planning to launch a new joint fund of up to $500 million designed to take stakes in distressed Italian firms.
UK/EUROPE - BNP Paribas and Northern Lights to partner
According to reports, BNP Paribas Investment Partners is to announce a strategic partnership with US-based Northern Lights Ventures, a private equity firm focused on the institutional asset management industry.
GLOBAL - KKR appoints Donohue as managing director
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has announced that Suzanne Donohoe will join the firm's global capital and asset management group as managing director and global head of the client and partner group.
ITALY - 360° invests EUR 5.4m into EPS
360° Capital Partners has led a EUR 5.4m funding round for renewable energy company Electro Power Systems (EPS).
POLAND - Enterprise Venture Fund makes first investment
Central & Eastern Europe-focused Enterprise Investors has invested EUR 3.2m into Polish marketing companyBio-Profil, taking a 36% stake in the business.
UK - Shakleton makes follow-on investment into NanoSight
Secondaries venture capital firm Shackleton Ventures has completed an undisclosed follow-on investment into portfolio nanotechnology company NanoSight Ltd, through the acquisition of a significant shareholding from the National Endowment for Science,...
SPAIN - Realza-backed Clínicas Perio completes add-on acquisition
Realza Capital-backed dentistry clinic Clínicas Perio has acquired an 85% stake in sector rival Clínicas Aparicio for an undisclosed sum.
GERMANY - BluO acquires Metro unit in EUR 10m deal
Private equity newcomer BluO has acquired Adler, the beleaguered fashion store unit of listed retailer Metro, in a deal thought to be worth EUR 10m.
UK - Coller acquires SVG stake
It is understood that Coller Capital has acquired ТЃ50m of shares in SVG Capital Plc's heavily discountedТЃ70m private placement - making the secondaries specialist the largest shareholder the listed fund.
AUSTRIA/CEE - Schoenherr establishes distressed M&A team
Austrian law firm Schoenherr has established a dedicated distressed M&A team.
UK - Directorbank appoints account director
Private equity recruitment specialist Directorbank has appointed Simon Thomas as account director for the Midlands & South West region.
UK - Alium made corporate partner of IFT
Interim management specialist Alium Partners has been named as a new corporate partner of the Institute for Turnaround.
UK - Augusta makes three senior appointments
Merchant Bank Augusta & Co has made three senior appointments in London to strengthen its debt advisory, restructuring, and renewable energy businesses.
Time to reset the bar
Norwegian LP Argentum recently received a government rescue package of NOK 2bn in response to a dearth of capital in the PE industry. Rikke Lilla Eckhoff investigates how funds will fare in this new environment
The End of Optimism
When I worked in Oslo my boss was a polar explorer (before hedge funds started doing it as team building), a collector of contemporary art and a book publisher. Whenever we raised concerns about forecasted book sales, he would always reply: "You have...