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USS promotes Horsnall to head of direct private equity
Move forms part of the limited partner's strategy to increase its focus on direct investments
Alitalia sale process extended, PE still in the running
US-based GP Cerberus is reportedly still bidding for Italy's insolvent flag carrier
Draper Esprit invests in two seed funds as part of FoF push
Listed investor Draper Esprit expects to deploy up to ТЃ75m in venture funds within five years
Aurelius opens private debt business
Firm will target European companies and provide funding across the capital structure
Unquote launches new global private equity event
Allocate will bring together prominent LPs and GPs to discuss the next private equity cycle
Macquarie boosts European advisory service with double hire
Macquarie appoints Matthew Taylor as head of business services and Henry Elphick as senior consultant
KKR hires Bachiller to lead healthcare franchise
Iñaki Cobo Bachiller joins as the head of healthcare sector investments in the firm's Spanish office
Innova nears €200m first close on sixth fund
GP invests in the business services, financial services, telecoms, healthcare and industrial sectors
Idea Capital Funds rebrands to DeA Capital Alternative Funds
Announcement follows the promotion of Gianandrea Perco to CEO and Pier Luigi Rossi to director
Rocket Internet-backed HelloFresh prepares IPO
Company targets proceeds of €250-300m from a capital increase to fund continued investment
YFM hires Harrison as portfolio director
Harrison joins YFM from Santander Bank, where he worked between 2010-2017 as director
Triton's Befesa announces intention to float in Q4
Fund manager aims to float the business on the Frankfurt stock exchange after a four-year ownership
Arx nears fourth fund close around €95m
Lower-mid-market CEE private equity firm Arx held a first close on €54m in July 2016
Osborne Clarke poaches Squire Patton Boggs PE head
Law firm hires Tim Hewens as a partner in its London-based private equity team
GP Bullhound opens Madrid office
Adviser says the opening is in response to a growing need for tech advisory services in Spain
DH Private Equity's TMF seeks €340m London IPO
Dutch group intends to raise gross primary proceeds of €340m to pay down debt and reduce leverage
MUFG Investor Services hires new head of fund financing
Ben Griffiths will lead the fund financing team globally, offering PE and hedge fund financing products
Adcuram hires Christoph Schubert
Prior to joining Adcuram, Schubert led Delta Equity-backed Deutsche Fachpflege Gruppe
British Private Equity Awards 2017: winners announced!
Congratulations to the winners of the hotly contested 2017 British Private Equity Awards
Livingbridge makes suite of new hires
GP has appointed Simone Girardeau and Simon Hollingsworth to its value strategy group
DC's Tilley joins Inflexion as partner
Tilley spent 16 years at corporate finance house DC Advisory, working with financial sponsors
Partech promotes Francois-Poncet, hires BAML's Huberson
Both will help manage Partech's Growth fund, which has made eight investments so far
PAI Partners makes fresh bid for Refresco
Non-binding €1.4bn takeover proposal was rejected by the Dutch bottles business in April
CVC's St John to step down after 19 years
IR-focused partner, who also works at charity Teens and Toddlers, will focus on his philanthropic work