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Nordic Capital in take-private bid for Nordnet
GP bid is made in cooperation with majority owner The Уhman Group, which will retain a stake
Ardian appoints Brenke as co-head of Ardian Private Debt
Brenke first joined Ardian as managing director two years ago
HarbourVest delists from Amsterdam stock exchange
As part of the strategy, the GP will consolidate its listing on the London stock exchange
OpCapita hires Coleman and Pouzin
Over the last two years, the GP has increased its team from eight to 15 people
Vaaka Partners adds EQT's Koskenvuo
Ville Koskenvuo joins the Finnish buyout firm as a partner from EQT
NorthEdge opens Birmingham office
New location to be managed by Freer and Skinner, formerly of EY and Better Capital respectively
Idinvest appoints Julien Princi as general counsel
Princi joins Idinvest from French asset manager Amundi, where he was deputy general counsel
Ropes & Gray hires leveraged finance partner
Law firm hires finance lawyer Malcolm Hitching as a partner in its London office
CVC's Ahlsell aiming for SEK 23.4bn valuation in IPO
Ahlsell sets price range and aims for first day of trading on 28 October in Stockholm
Octopus Ventures adds Zihao Xu to investment team
European venture capital investor is best known for backing Secret Escapes and Zoopla
PE-backed Alan Afflelou aiming to list before year-end
Lion Capital led a secondary buyout for the optician in 2012, later syndicated to Apax and CDPQ
HarbourVest clinches £807m SVG deal
Acquisition will see SVG wound down and ТЃ1.12bn returned to its shareholders
Tikehau appoints Henri Marcoux as deputy MD
New recruit joins from his position as financial director at Groupe EPI
Brexit volatility wipes £1bn off Misys IPO
Banking software provider is understood to have requested a reduction in its free-float to 20%
Ardian launches first North American buyout fund, targets $500m
Private equity firm aims to hold a final close for the fund in mid-to-late 2017
HarbourVest further extends deadline for SVG share offer
Extension will enable the parties to continue negotiations around an alternative asset-based offer
Electra Private Equity to move to corporate structure
LP's strategic review concludes it will discard its listed investment trust status
Ratos takes SEK 1.7bn hit to portfolio
Norwegian oil services company Aibel sees book value written down by SEK 1.1bn
CCMP- and Hermes-backed Pure Gym cancels IPO plans
UK gym group said market volatility and challenging IPO conditions were behind the decision
Simmons & Simmons hires two in Milan
Appointments follow the closure of the firm’s Rome office in 2015
HarbourVest makes new £783m SVG bid
Proposed deal would be similarly structured to a rival bid by Goldman Sachs and CPPIB
EQT closes first US fund short of $1bn target
Nordic-based GP holds final close on $726m for mid-market buyouts in US
HarbourVest extends deadline for SVG takeover
Offer lapsed on 6 October, with SVG's board urging shareholders to accept a competing offer
CVC to list Ahlsell in Stockholm
GP reveals public market exit process for Swedish industrial company