News/GPs
Novalpina to lose control of EUR 1bn debut fund
GP was founded in 2017 and is notably invested in Israeli spyware business NSO Group
Carlyle raises USD 18.2bn in H1 2021
Increase in AUM is principally driven by a strong haul for the real estate and credit strategies
Eurazeo NAV per share hits record high
AUM grew by +39% over the 12 months to June 2021, to reach €25.6bn
Bridgepoint lists in GBP 2.9bn IPO
GP's existing shareholders will be selling 139.7 million existing ordinary shares
GPs increasingly ruling out investments due to ESG – survey
Majority of GPs polled by Investec have declined to invest in a company on ESG or ethical grounds
Bowmark Capital expands team
Jessica Collins, Ben Culverwell, Jamal Lakhani and James Swainston join as investment executives
Silverfleet calls off fundraise for third fund
GP intends to focus on follow-on investments and realisations in its existing portfolio
Tikehau appoints Cabanis as deputy CEO
Cabanis will join from her role as executive vice-president at Danone
Phoenix promotes Squires to partner, three to investment director
James Chiang, Richard Hill and Victoria Wain are promoted to investment director
Bridges appoints ex-ICG CEO as new chair
Former Apax COO Clive Sherling, a long-standing investor in Bridges funds, also becomes a non-executive director
PGIM to acquire Montana Capital Partners
Founders Marco Wulff and Christian Diller will continue to head the Switzerland-based secondaries GP
Pitalia launches with GBP 50m fund, hires Davies as head
New venture will be headed by John Davies, who joins Pitalia Capital from Seneca Partners
GPs dismiss Spacs' threat to dealflow, pricing - survey
UK-based GPs are most likely to dismiss the threat of Spacs entirely
Caledonia's Duncan Johnson steps down, replaced by Tom Leader
Johnson steps down after 10 years of service, and becomes CEO at Northern Gritstone
Bridgepoint confirms intention to list
London-headquartered GP could be valued at around £2bn in its intended LSE listing
Pemberton hires Graeme Dell as COO
Dell started at the firm on 1 July, and replaced Thomas Lack, who retired at the end of June
Inflexion promotes four to partner
Richard Booth, Sergio Ferrarini, Jon Ma and Sarah Gestetner are all promoted to partner
HarbourVest opens Frankfurt office
GP simultaneously announces the appointment of principal Martina Schliemann, who joins from Hamilton Lane
KKR opens office in Stockholm to step up Nordic activity
The office is the GP's ninth in EMEA, in addition to Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, Luxembourg, London, Dubai and Riyadh
Bridgepoint mulls London listing
GP could be valued at £2bn and is also planning fundraises for its Europe and Growth strategies
Artá Capital becomes independent, eyes €400m for Fund III
Management team buys out Corporación Financiera Alba's stake in the Spanish GP
Queen's Park Equity hires Manning from Livingbridge
Nick Manning spent two years at Livingbridge following stints at Arrowpoint Advisory and KPMG
Over a third of LPs track GPs on social media - survey
Survey finds that 38% of LPs use social media to track GPs and a further 29% use social media as part of their due diligence on potential investments
KKR appoints new senior adviser for Europe
Ajay Kavan most recently served as CEO of Matches Fashion, following several roles at Amazon
