Southern Europe
ITALY - Investindustrial boosts team
Southern European buyout firm Investindustrial has appointed Filippo Gaggini as senior partner.
SPAIN - AC Desarrollo acquires Endaki stake
Ahorro Corporación Desarrollo has invested an undisclosed sum in industrial manufacturer Endaki Tecnocast, in return for a minority stake in the business of 22.5%.
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.
ITALY - Alto Partners acquires Diquigiovanni
Alto Partners has acquired an 80% stake in PVC window manufacturer Diquigiovanni in a deal valued at approximately EUR 10m.
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.
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.
ITALY - Xenon Private Equity closes fifth fund on EUR 150m
Italian lower mid-market buyout firm Xenon Private Equity has held a final close for its latest vehicle, Xenon V, on EUR 150m, surpassing its EUR 130m target.
ITALY - MCP backs Microgame as Cambria divests
International private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) has backed online game operator Microgame, in a deal thought to be valued in the tens of millions of Euros.
ITALY - Ambienta reaches final close at EUR 218m
Specialised environmental investor Ambienta has reached the final close of its inaugural fund, Ambient I, on a shade under EUR 218m.
ITALY - Xenon surpasses EUR 130m target for latest fund
Italian lower mid-market buyout firm Xenon Private Equity has reached the final close of Xenon V at EUR 150m (hard cap) above the EUR 130m target.
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.
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.
SPAIN - Suma appoints new adviser
Private equity firm Suma Capital has appointed president of pharma group Ferrer, Sergio Ferrer-Salat Serra di Migni, as independent adviser.
ITALY/MALTA - Denham-back SunRay secures EUR 120m financing
Denham Capital-backed SunRay Renewable Energy has secured EUR 120m project financing to build a 24MW plant in Montalto di Castro.
ITALY/SPAIN - Investindustrial closes on EUR 100m target
Southern European private equity firm Investindustrial has closed its Build-Up Fund on its target of EUR 100m after five months on the road.
GLOBAL - KKR finally completes KPE merger
After over a year of delays and revisions, US-based private equity giant KKR has now completed its merger with its Amsterdam-listed affiliate, KKR Private Equity Investors.
GLOBAL - Hellman closes $9bn seventh fund and management shake-up
International private equity house Hellman & Friedman has announced the final close of its seventh and largest fund, HFCP VII, on a little under $9bn, as well as a major shake-up of the firm's management team.
EUROPE - GPs must re-invent, LPs must invest
Europe's GPs must change their ways to emerge successful from the current market conditions, and need LPs to back them in order to do so. This was the theme this morning at the fourth annual Deutsche unquote" Private Equity Congress in Munich.
PORTUGAL - Riverside acquires Crioestaminal
US private equity firm Riverside has acquired a 67% stake in biotechnology business Crioestaminal for an undisclosed sum.