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PAI Partners to launch €600m mid-market fund
Vehicle will target companies based across Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the Benelux region
SDG500 launched to invest in developing countries
Fund invests debt and equity in seed, series-A and series-B rounds in emerging and frontier markets
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
DACH VCs introduce sustainability clause
VCs and their portfolio companies will commit via a term sheet and shareholder agreement clause
Pantheon promotes Wong and Vainio to partner
Pantheon offers regional primary fund programmes, secondaries, and co-investment
Partners Group nears $100bn in AUM
Alternatives manager has secured $7.1bn in new commitments from private equity, and $4.9bn from private debt
Atomico promotes Haivas to partner
VC is currently investing from Atomico IV, which closed on $765m in February 2017
Blake joins Herbert Smith Freehills funds practice
Jonathan Blake joins as head of international private funds strategy
Three UK charities on hunt for impact-focused managers
Successful manager would oversee a £32m portfolio with a focus on ESG and impact
Vendis appoints Riisberg as senior adviser in Nordic region
Christian Riisberg was previously founding partner of Alipes and a board member for various companies
Montagu acquires RTI OEM business for $490m
Headquartered in Florida, the business has four manufacturing sites in the US and in Germany
Bowmark hires two, including new partner
Both Mani and McRae have joined from the small-cap investment team at CapVest, where Mani was head
YFM reaps 2.25x money on Eikon, retains minority stake
YFM has retained a minority investment in the company, comprising equity and loan notes
Rede appoints Goodlad as head of transactions
Magnus Goodlad will replace Yaron Zafir, who has stepped down from his role and will act as senior adviser
Stephane Etroy joins Ares as head of European PE
Former executive vice-president and head of private equity at CDPQ will join from 6 February
Standard Life Private Equity Trust outlines 2019 secondaries activity
Fund completed three secondary investments last year
ICG raises €1bn for Mid-Market fund, appoints two MDs
Peter Kirtley and Robin Molvin will support the deployment of ICG’s maiden Mid-Market fund
New merchant bank Umbra Capital Partners launches in UK
Umbra will also act as an investor itself, in addition to offering advisory services
Abris promotes three directors to partners
All three partners will also join the investment committee as non-voting members
ECI promotes Pike to partner
Suzanna Pike joined ECI in 2011 to work on deal origination, and was promoted to director in 2017
Brandkamp leaves HTGF to establish new fund
Brandkamp will join the new European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, focusing on sustainable investments