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United Ventures hires Pirovano and Pasin
Fabio Pirovano will join the GP as investment manager and Alessandro Pasin as chief financial officer
BC launches credit arm to be led by Apollo's Goldthorpe
Firm has also appointed Wingspan's Ederer and Stonerise's Wang to the new credit team
Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office
Argos Soditic, Main Capital and BlackFin Capital Partners are among the firms to have also increased their German activity recently
SL Capital hits £516m final close for maiden infrastructure fund
Fund launched in June 2014 with a £400m target and already has four portfolio companies
Unigestion acquires Akina in $6bn AUM merger
Merged group will have $6bn in assets under management and will trade under the Unigestion brand
Partech appoints Noël as new general partner
Karen Noël leaves the role of partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
CPPIB appoints Jackson as MD in London
Derek Jackson joins the North American pension fund as managing director
Lindsay Goldberg Vogel hires Unger as managing partner
Thomas Unger leaves Constantia Flexibles to become managing partner
Silicon Valley Bank hires Rees as market manager
Gavin Rees joins the US-based high-tech-focused commercial bank’s UK office
Idinvest appoints Wyniecki as investment director
Alban Wyniecki leaves Partech Ventures to join Idinvest
BGF hires Lloyds' Gibson
Fiona Gibson joins the Business Growth Fund as a portfolio specialist
Core Equity launches €1bn long-term fund
Firm was founded by former Bain Capital senior team members Sarkis, de Waen, Stoessel and Valentiny
Waterland opens UK office to capitalise on Brexit
Dutch GP will look to expand UK companies into Europe as part of a currency-related investment thesis
Placement agent Amala Partners to close later this year
Industry veteran Ian Simpson, who founded the firm in 2008, points to Brexit regulatory uncertainty as a factor in the decision to close shop
Patron, Heineken set for £1.8bn Punch Taverns take-private
Private equity house will join trade investor Heineken to acquire the pub business, which will be divided between the parties
AnaCap buys €177m Italian loan portfolio from Barclays
GP has secured over four years Italian non-performing loans worth nearly €8bn
Oakley adds Charterhouse partner Mornington to string of hires
New partner will focus on deal origination, deal execution and portfolio management
Osmozis prices IPO at €10.5 per share
Capital increase may be increased to €9.4m in the event of full exercise of the overallotment option
Omnes Capital promotes partners, expands teams
Eric Rey, Camille Delibes and Laurent Espic promoted; Fabien Collangettes, Corentin Defond, Pierre-Axel Botuha and Etienne Chemel hired
Silverfleet appoints Harrison as head of investor relations
UK mid-market private equity firm hires Credit Suisse’s Andrew Harrison
New UK-Nordic VC Oxx hires Carlyle partner Easton
Carlyle partner and senior adviser will provide counsel to Oxx on part-time basis
CapMan launches infrastructure arm
Division adds new asset class to firm's buyout, debt and real-estate operations
BC Partners appoints Ismail as managing partner
New recruit joins the firm as it begins deploying capital from its €7bn 10th fund
HIG Capital hires Citi's Borton
Kenneth Borton leaves Citi to join US-based private equity firm