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Cerberus and Centerbridge offer €600m for NordLB
Firms will each pay half the offer price in a bid for a minority stake in the German lender
AnaCap credit fund invests in €4bn loan portfolio
First investment from AnaCap Credit Opportunities Fund IV, which held a first close in November
Los Angeles pension fund backs Lexington
California based pension fund has 4% of its portfolio invested in private equity as of June 2018
Golding receives commitments in excess of €900m
Golding is expected to hold a first close of the fund-of-funds in the next couple of weeks
Eurazeo sells stake in Capzanine to Axa in €82m deal
Axa France recommits having backed Capzanine since 2015; Axa IM is a new backer
Apollo's £3.32bn RPC take-private bid approved by directors
Development comes four months after the GP emerged as a bidder for the plastic packaging firm
Palamon promotes Arbour to partner
Arbour is promoted from associate partner, having joined the firm in 2013 as a managing director
Revo launches second fund
Revo is understood to have secured approximately 35% of the targeted commitments
Genesis targets close and launch in 2019
Growth fund will focus on companies with revenues of up to €15m and EBITDA of up to €2m
Blackstone, H&F have joint bid for Scout24 rejected
Offer from previous owners Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman values the business at €4.7bn
Miami pension plan backs three PE funds
$1.5bn Trust has invested 4.8% of its portfolio in private equity as of September 2018
Industrien Pension's Struve resigns for new venture
Struve announces he is leaving on 1 February to launch Unified Investors
Investec hires DC Advisory's Arrowsmith
In his new role, Jonathan Arrowsmith will lead the firm's investment banking advisory offering
Equistone makes new hire and seven promotions
Promotions and appointments take place across offices in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK
Apax hires new healthcare partner
Marc Benatar joins Apax France as a partner in the healthcare team after a stint at Kharis
Axon brings in Aberdeen's Gilmore as new partner
Gilmore is expected to ramp up Axon’s placement capabilities and secondary transaction services
Dutch managers collaborate on PE co-investment platform
Three LPs seek to achieve economies of scale and cost benefits from this partnership
Tilt Capital Partners to launch Clean Energy Fund
Currently in the pre-marketing phase, the fund is expected to hold a first close in Q2
Houlihan Lokey appoints two new managing directors
Christian Keller will be based in Frankfurt, while Ann Sharkey will join the London team
Aliter promotes three
UK-based firm fills the positions of head of legal, investment manager and investment director
FRP appoints AlixPartners' Cox as partner
New recruit leaves AlixPartners after four years, during which he co-founded its debt advisory arm
New shop on the healthcare block: Gyrus Capital
New investment adviser will target value-based, special situations and transformational investments in the healthcare sector
CapMan holds second close for infra fund
Latest close, which took place in December, follows the fund's first close of €115m in October
3i Group buys MFM Capital
3i acquires the company for up to €16m, of which €8.7m was deployed on signing the deal