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GLOBAL - Houlihan Lokey hires corporate finance MD
International investment bank Houlihan Lokey has hired Tad Flynn as managing director of corporate finance.
FRANCE - CDC-backed Artesys buys Naviline
CDC Capital Innovation-backed Artesys, an information services company, has purchased sector player Naviline from the Soft Company and merged the businesses to create Groupe Artesys.
EUROPE/ITALY - Foresight expands European Solar Team
Foresight Group has strengthened its Solar Team with the appointment of Pietro Zerauschek as technical director in the firms Rome office.
SLOVENIA - Mid Europa acquires UPC
Mid Europa Partners has wholly acquired Slovenian cable and broadband operator UPC Slovenia from Liberty Global Inc.
SWEDEN - Sustainable Technologies Fund and InnKap back Hexaformer
Sustainable Technologies Fund has alongside existing investor InnovationsKapital (InnKap) invested SEK 35m into Hexaformer, a Swedish developer of transfomer technology and reactor solutions.
FRANCE - Ciclad appoints secretary general and hires two
Ciclad has appointed Emilie Lhopitallier as secretary general and recruited Thomas Roudil and Eric Bruguière to its investment team.
UK- CBPE Capital holds first close for its eighth mid-market fund
CBPE Capital has held its first close for its latest UK mid-market private equity fund on £270m, with commitments from 17 institutions.
FRANCE - Linklaters appoints new head of corporate division in Paris
Law firm Linklaters has named partner Fabrice de La Morandère head of its corporate division in Paris.
FRANCE - AXA PE cede Daum to La Financière Saint-Germain
AXA Private Equity has ceded its majority stake in crystal-producer Daum to La Financière Saint-Germain, a holding company owned by Prosper Amouyal.
SWEDEN - IK Investment appoints new MD
Michael Rosenlew will replace Gustav Öhman as managing director of IK Investment Partner in Sweden, starting July this year.
NETHERLANDS - Oranje-Nassau could divest energy assets for EUR 500m
According to reports, Oranje-Nassau, an asset manager investing in energy and private equity is looking to sell its oil and gas assets while retaining its private equity activities.
EUROPE - Pomona Capital hires partner in Europe
International private equity firm Pomona Capital has appointed Oliver Gardey as partner.
View from CalPERS
Deborah Sterescu asks limited partner CalPERS about its investment strategy and finds the silver lining in today's stormy economy
Give more, take less
Buyouts are making headlines for their scarcity - but their structure is changing too. In fact, a lack of leverage and decreasing stake sizes in today's deals mean buyout houses are dipping their toes in the growth space. Kimberly Romaine reports
Gambling on gaming
Deborah Sterescu speaks to John Hagan of Harris Hagan, a law firm specialising in gaming and leisure laws