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Eurazeo in talks to buy Idinvest
Investment company Eurazeo looks into buying majority stake in French GP Idinvest
US pension fund to commit $325-350m to PE in 2018
Lacers will place special emphasis on mid-market and lower-mid-market buyout funds
Crescent-, Viridian-backed Fusion Antibodies to list on AIM
Northern Irish biotech company will use the capital to invest in its laboratories and manufacturing
CapMan raises €86m for Growth Equity Fund
Finland-based GP intends to hold a final close for the fund to be held on 19 December
Tenzing appoints Investec's Murray to investment team
Third recent hire for the investment team after Messer and Reynolds joined last month
Passion Capital files for third fund
Second fund targeted equity investments of up to £2m in very early-stage businesses
LDC promotes two, hires one
GP simultaneously announces that director Aston will move from Birmingham to London
Astorg hires Permira's Einsfeld to head new Frankfurt office
GP simultaneously announces the hiring of Veber from Nomura and promotion of de Mitry
Bridgepoint raises €5.5bn for sixth fund
GP exceeded its €5bn target and completed the fundraising ahead of schedule
BPI France to launch medtech fund
GP announces the launch of a €50m fund supporting healthcare tech startups at seed stage
University of Calgary hiring PE investment adviser
Investment committee recently approved the inclusion of PE and infrastructure in its portfolio
Bregal Freshstream hires de Graauw from Bain & Company
In his new role, de Graauw will be responsible for overseeing portfolio development
CapMan promotes Simula to head of IR
Simula will be responsible for group-level fundraising and fund investor relations
Eurazeo to buy C2S from Bridgepoint
Eurazeo Patrimoine enters talks to buy French private clinics operator C2S from Bridgepoint
General Atlantic appoints Samec as operating partner
Appointment is part of a raft of worldwide promotions at the firm, including two others in Europe
Brookfield buys Lampe Equity Management
Group manages a portfolio of various renewable funds and other assets totalling €1.3bn
Terra Firma calls on H/2 to accept Four Seasons proposal
Development comes a month after the GP proposed to hand over its stake for a nominal sum
Hughes Armstrong makes changes to management team
Founder Steve Lord takes charge of a portfolio company as the firm faces "excessive headwinds"
Aurelius promotes two to board
Investment company prepares for further growth after the most successful year in its history
Sidley appoints Simpson Thacher's De Vlieger and Lefranc
Recruits leave their roles as counsel and associate after 10 and nine years respectively
Conor Venture brings on board Niklas Savander
In his new role, Savander will support the VC's activities in Sweden and Finland
Eurazeo promotes Virginie Morgon
Eurozeo's Morgon is currently serving as deputy CEO and will become CEO in March 2018
Schroders Adveq launches third secondaries fund
Vehicle is the LP's first private equity fund launch since it acquired Adveq in April
BC-backed Springer Nature prepares IPO
Germany-based media company is targeting a capital increase of €700-800m via the flotation