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Norway's sovereign wealth fund eyes private equity
According to the central bank, the fund should increase exposure to unlisted companies
Equistone hires MML's Baker
In his new role, Baker will be responsible for expanding Equistone's UK portfolio
Cathay et al. to launch €1.2bn Sino French Midcap II
Cathay, BPI France and China Development Bank plan to invest within the first half of the year
Terra Firma hires new CFO
Vivek Ahuja and Mark Elliott join as CFO and head of support capital, respectively
Luminar launches maiden fund, targeting SEK 500m
Fund will invest in Sweden-based early-stage technology firms with seed and pre-seed funding
Monument Group promotes three to partner
Adam, Diggins and MacCurtain become partners in the London and Boston offices of the placement agent
Deutsche Asset Management appoints Meketa's Green
Green will be responsible for capitalising on difficult-to-access secondary market opportunities
EQT promotes seven directors to partners
Nordic private equity firm expands its partner group with seven promotions globally
Axon hires Boursetty as principal
Vincent de Boursetty leaves Ondra after five years to join the Swiss fund services firm
Aurelius hires Peter Wood from Next Wave
Wood will be responsible for sourcing investments in listed and private UK companies
Rui Alpalhao buys Banif Capital
Private investor Rui Alpalhao acquires Portuguese VC firm Banif Capital
FPE Capital hires Trendell as investment manager
Trendell joins from Deloitte, where he worked as a manager between 2011-2018
Edge Investments hires Santamaria and Burge
Both investment managers have a background in early-stage tech investment
Lonsdale promotes two
Andrew Chetwood joined in 2015, while Simon Doherty was hired in September 2017
HSH Nordbank receives final bids from PE firms
ARD's teletext service announces that confirmed and binding final offers have been received
TA Associates promotes three in London office
Patrick Sader becomes MD, while Max Cancre and Lovisa Lander are promoted to senior vice-presidents
ECI appoints three, promotes two
Daniel Bailey, Isa Maidan and Laura Morrill join the GP's investment team
VC-backed Funding Circle plans £1bn IPO
Peer-to-peer lending platform has raised more than ТЃ250m over six funding rounds
HSH Nordbank final bids due Friday
Bank must be reprivatised by February as part of a bail out agreement from June 2013
Eurazeo enters exclusive discussions for Idinvest deal
Rumours of a deal between the two asset managers emerged back in mid-December
Foresight appoints Haywood as investment manager
New recruit previously co-founded biotech company Puridify, which was sold to GE Healthcare
French PE-backed firms still outperform rest of economy – study
2009-2016 cumulative job creation rate also far exceeded that of the wider economy, Afic says
TA buys Old Mutual Wealth's Single Strategy division
As of 30 September 2017, the Single Strategy business had ТЃ25.7bn in funds under management
Qualium hits €370m mark for Qualium Fund II
Qualium Fund II surpasses its €350m target and looks to continue fundraising in 2018