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Equistone hires investment director for Manchester office
Sebastien Leusch joins the Manchester office after a nine-year stint at Montagu
CalSTRS increases delegated authority limits for PE allocations
Changes notably affect LP investments, secondary transactions and co-investments
Maven Capital hires Marsh as investment manager
Marsh will help manage the Durham County Council's ТЃ20m Finance Durham fund, mandated to Maven in March
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
ING announces €300m fintech fund
ING Ventures is financed entirely from ING's balance sheet and has a four-year investment period
IK's TCM Group to float in Copenhagen
IPO would follow a short two-year holding period for IK, which bought the business from Axcel
EQT to sell remaining 12.1% stake in AcadeMedia
Swedish GP mandates Carnegie and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to run the bookbuilding
Majority shareholder IDI exploring options for Idinvest stake
Idinvest could add to the wave of consolidation in the PE space as IDI mulls a potential sale
Tesi launches €150m venture fund-of-funds
VC firm intends to deploy capital into Finnish venture capital and small buyout funds
Norvestor-backed Crayon sets IPO price range
Shares are expected to start trading on the exchange on or around 8 November 2017
Brockhaus eschews fund model and plans IPO
Firm will raise €50m initially, with a longer-term target of €150m, and is hiring a CFO
PAI teams up with BCIMC for fresh Refresco offer
Consortium offers €20 per share, valuing the business at €3.3bn, with financing already in place
Omnes Capital promotes five, hires three
French private equity firm expands its buyout, venture, infrastructure and support teams
Capzanine hires Muller for investor relations team
Frédéric Muller leaves First Avenue after nine years to join the France-based alternative lender
Paladin and VT Partners join forces on cybersecurity investments
The two firms intend to share resources, knowledge and networks through the agreement
Portobello nears deal for gym chain Supera
Four private equity and infrastructure fund managers are reported to be competing for the asset
Charme set to buy Fiocchi Munizioni
GP receives green light from the Italian government to acquire the asset "in the national interest"
Rocket Internet-backed Hellofresh sets price range for IPO
Hellofresh will raise €243-357m in expansion capital to fund continued acquisitive growth
JC Flowers- and Encore-backed Cabot to list on LSE
Debt collection business aims to raise ТЃ195m from its listing on the London stock exchange
Triton's Befesa sets IPO price range
Environmental services provider announces a €28-38 share price range for its upcoming IPO
Korelya to manage extra €100m on behalf of Naver
Venture player Korelya is headed by former French secretary of state Fleur Pellerin
RWE Generation backs HTGF III
RWE says the investment is strategic, and it will scout for further co-investment opportunities
Egeria launches fifth buyout fund
Vehicle has a target of €800m and is expected to hold a final close early in 2018
3i hires three in private equity team
Bruchmann joins as director, Supple as senior associate and van der Voorden as associate