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Pamplona raises €3bn for Fund V
Fund close comes on the back of last year's $1bn raise for the GP's first TMT fund
Hayfin raises €2.2bn for special opportunities
Credit specialist will take part in rescue financings and debt restructurings
Average multiples remain stable at 10.2x in Q1
European valuations keep track with 2016, but drop slightly compared to Q4 2016
Hewer takes over acquisition finance at SEB as Wakefield retires
Wakefield has been with SEB since 1997, and has been working in private equity since 1984
Vitruvian closes third fund on €2.4bn hard-cap
Vehicle is considerably larger than its ТЃ1bn predecessor, which held a first and final close in 2013
Cathay Innovation raises $320m for first vehicle
Cathay Innovation, Cathay Capital Private Equity's venture arm, closes its first investment vehicle
Bain's European Tyres Distribution acquires Reiff division
Deal for tyre distributor is the second acquisition for the pan-European buy-and-build platform
GTCR-backed Callcredit acquires Confirma
UK-based software analytics company expands its business in Spain
GP Profile: Bregal Freshstream
GP closed its maiden fund on тЌ600m and makes minority and majority investments in businesses across the UK and Benelux regions
Permira raises €1.7bn for third debt fund at final close
Including leverage, total deployable capital amounts to тЌ2.1bn
Adams Street raises $470m towards 2017 Global Fund
Funds-of-funds manager secures capital across five separate vehicles, according to regulatory filings
Medicxi launches £300m late-stage fund
New vehicle will invest тЌ10-25m in private or public European biotechnology businesses
Hamilton Lane closes credit fund on $435m
Annual credit-focused vehicle exceeds its initial target of $250m
Certior Capital hires Heinilä as investment director
Olli Heinilä leaves EQ Asset Management after six years to join the mid-market private equity and credit investor
Star set to hold oversubscribed final close
Star Capital Partners is set to hold an oversubscribed final close of its third fund later this month, according to unquote" sister publication InfraNews.
Apax France appoints Salinger as chief digital officer
Gregory Salinger joins Apax's MidMarket group, leaving Videdressing
Private equity's big stake in infrastructure
GPs are increasingly attracted to infrastructure, bringing a range of investment options and approaches within the asset class
DH Private Equity Partners registers new fund
One of the oldest sponsors is back in the market after a two-year hiatus
BGF appoints Casey as head of Dublin office
Leo Casey leaves his position of director at IBI Corporate Finance to join Business Growth Fund
Hamilton Lane closes secondaries fund on $1.9bn
Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund IV, the firm's largest secondaries vehicle to date, originally targeted $1.25bn
Bulking up: Consolidation in the LP space
Asset managers are flexing their muscles in a new wave of fund-of-funds consolidation
Draper Esprit raises extra £100m
Share placement adds to the ТЃ60m already raised in 2017 across EIS, VCT and secondary co-investment fund platforms
Permira Debt Managers set to close third direct lending fund
With the end of its latest fundraise in sight, the credit specialist is in full deployment mode
CVC closes Fund VII on €15.5bn hard-cap
Fund originally targeted €12.5bn and had a hard-cap of €15bn when it was announced in November 2016