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HarbourVest and Vanguard agree strategic partnership
Strategic partnership will see new PE funds raised annually to be accessed by Vanguard clients
Pemberton appoints Ruenes as head of Spain
Prior to joining Pemberton, Leticia Ruenes worked at NatWest as head of structured finance portfolio
Amundi PEF nears first close for Megatendances II fund
Megatendances II is being marketed to both retail and institutional investors
Acton hires new principal
Elizabeth von Lichem joins the Germany-based venture capital investor from the EIB
GreyBella Capital to launch new fund by mid-2020
Fund targets series-A and -B rounds in companies operating in life sciences and complex technologies
Gyrus announces new deal, appoints Tobin as partner
Gyrus Capital announces the buyout of Essential Pharma and adds to its team ahead of a new round of fundraising
KKR-backed Calisen to raise $1.87bn via IPO
Calisen indicated it plans to float nearly 25% of the business at a price of 225-265 pence per share
NYSCRF backs secondary special situations fund
New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF) has committed $400m to secondary special situations and new private lending investments in Asia-Pacific, according to documents seen by Unquote.
BD-Capital appoints Vidal-Quadras as head of southern Europe
BD-Capital is a recently established private equity firm targeting European mid-market businesses
Merino-backed Hawkin's Bazaar appoints administrators
Company reported a loss of almost ТЃ1m on ТЃ15.3m in sales in 2018 and employs 177 people
Capza hires Nell in Germany
Oliver Nell has joined the Munich office as flex equity partner and will focus on DACH investments
CMS's Grimwood joins Goodwin
Goodwin Procter employs around 60 corporate, fund formation and PE-focused tax lawyers in London
Nazca Capital appoints two new partners
Nazca also hires Olga San Jacinto as a member of the firm's industrial advisory board
Permira sells Duff & Phelps for $4.2bn
New York-based Duff & Phelps is a business service that employs 3,500 people globally
RDIF et al. in Carprice, Travelata, Elementaree
RDIF is injecting capital jointly with its Russian, French and Middle Eastern partners
BC Partners puts CeramTec on exit radar
While a formal process is yet to launch, Goldman Sachs is seen to be in a strong position for the mandate
Stafford launches €750m infra secondaries fund
Fourth core infrastructure secondaries fund is set to be twice the size of its predecessor
USS opens up DC section to PE investments
Move comes as funds invested in DC have exceeded ТЃ1bn, but exposure to private markets assets was already available to DB members
Pantheon joins forces with Kermony for France-focused push
Relationship is set to facilitate access to Pantheon's offering for French institutional investors
PAI Partners to launch €600m mid-market fund
Vehicle will target companies based across Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the Benelux region
Equip Capital I eyes €150m final close, inks sixth deal
Fund invests in Nordic companies operating in the consumer, industrial and business services sectors
Mayfair hires Price from Lloyds Bank
Price led the strategic debt finance and capital structure advisory teams at Lloyds
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI to close in 2020
Pantheon's latest vehicle, Global Secondary Fund VI, is expected to hold a final close in 2020, Unquote understands.
Capza appoints Abensour as head of investor relations
GP also appoints Stefan Arneth from MEAG as sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland