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Riverside appoints ex-Invest Europe head Dörte Höppner
Current COO Avi Turetsky will transition out of the firm over the summer and focus on private equity research
GMT liquidates 2006 fund in direct secondary deal
Consortium of investors acquires portfolio, with LPs given the option to recommit to a new vehicle
IK hires Steen as operating partner
Johan Van de Steen will lead IK's strategy, operations and business control team
Beechbrook opens Manchester office, appoints Ibex's Kenny
New office will oversee deployment of the recently closed ТЃ150m UK SME Credit vehicle
Agilitas appoints Mukherjee as COO
Debojit Mukherjee leaves Change Capital after seven years
Doughty Hanson rebrands as DH Private Equity Partners
Firm will exclusively focus on private equity investments as fundraising efforts continue
Intera-backed Kamux to float at 680-800 cents per share
Preliminary price range would put the company's market cap at тЌ253-297m, with 10.1 million existing shares being sold
Qualium to spin out from Caisse des Dépôts
Management team will secure 70% of the shares, while Caisse des Dépôts will remain a sponsor in the funds
Mobeus hires Levy as investment executive
Josh Levy leaves Mercia Technologies after three and a half years
Nordic Capital-backed Munters to list with SEK 10.1bn market cap
Partial divestment of climate control group comes six and a half years after the GP's acquisition
Bain and Cinven publish Stada offer document
Offer values company at €5.3bn, the largest PE-backed takeover bid ever launched in Germany
Alaska Retirement increases PE allocation
US LP with $29.6bn under management has approved an increase in commitment pacing for 2017 to reach its revised PE allocation
Oakley Capital appoints Schremper as new partner
GP aims to bolster its presence across the DACH region with the hire of a new partner
Rede appoints Barbour-Smith to chief of staff
Mark Barbour-Smith leaves Credit Suisse after nine years to join the placement agent
Beechbrook backs Plan.com and Infomedia
Investor provided a unitranche loan to finance the buyout of a minority shareholder in Infomedia
Bowmark promotes three to partner, investment director
Antonia Cheong and Guy Yarrow become investment director, while Stephen Delaney is promoted to partner
New LP Essling Capital spins out from Massena Partners
PE-focused entity manages €1bn across primaries, secondaries, co-investments, real estate and debt
Quadrivio appoints new chair and CEO
Alessandro Binello and Walter Ricciotti, former chairperson and CEO respectively, step down from their roles
Tikehau appoints Cirenza as London office head
Peter Cirenza leaves his teaching role at the London School of Economics to join Tikehau
Cairngorm hires Thaper as investment director
Amit Thaper leaves the position of vice-president at HIG Capital to join UK-based Cairngorm
August hires Mike Biddulph as partner
Biddulph had already been part of August's predecessor, Kleinwort Capital, between 1998-2005
Macquarie acquires Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn
Transaction will see the firm take control of ТЃ4bn of funds and launch three new vehicles
Schroders acquires Adveq
Deal is the latest in a series of consolidation plays within the European LP landscape
Ardian strikes $2.5bn secondary/primary transaction with Mubadala
Ardian takes majority stake in an existing PE portfolio and becomes lead investor in a new $1.5bn fund