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Italian pension fund consortium set to select PE manager
Investment consultant Prometeia Advisor Sim has assisted with the manager search
Growth Capital Partners hires A&M Capital's Gray
Grant Thornton alumni Michael Gray joins the SME-focused GP as origination director
University of Reading targets PE exposure
Five-year contract is expected to start in January 2020, with an option to further extend it
Permira-backed TeamViewer announces IPO
Teamviewer only offering existing shares and expects the offering to be completed by year end
Brexit top concern for high-growth businesses, says survey
ECI Partners surveys 307 CEOs, and political uncertainty was listed as a top concern
Illinois pension replaces Callan with Wilshire Associates
Contract with Wilshire Associates is for a five-year term, starting from January 2020
Palatine launches £300m fourth-generation vehicle
Both Palatine Private Equity Fund III and IV used Evercore as their placement agent
Inflexion's Hardcastle joins DealCloud
Hardcastle was assistant director at Inflexion, having joined the mid-cap firm in 2014
Creandum promotes Specht to principal
In his new role, Specht will lead deals of all sizes across Europe and the US
Triton opens office in Amsterdam, makes new hire
Triton has opened an office in the Netherlands and hired van de Linde from Bain Capital
Permira nears Cogital stake acquisition – report
Sponsor is thought to have outbid a string of other PE offers for the accountancy group
Cambridge University endowment appoints new CIO
Franklin joins from Alta Advisers, where she was head of PE and director of investments
Waterland eyes logistics companies Marinetrans, BGL
GP files with the regulator to buy Dutch logistics businesses Marinetrans and BGL
DBAG net income drops to €12.6m from €27.7m
Listed private equity firm Deutsche Beteiligungs AG reports a decline in net income
Co-investment fund close contributes to Hamilton Lane's results
Hamilton Lane is also currently in the market fundraising for Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund V
Blackstone buys stake in BC Partners
Press reports put the value of the deal at around €500m for a 10-15% holding in the GP
Proskauer appoints Moghli as partner
Moghli will advise fund sponsors and financial institutions on fund-formation matters
CDP acquires 70% of Invitalia Ventures to manage FNI
Invitalia will be appointed as fund manager of FNI, which is expected to raise around €1bn
LDC bolsters Bristol team with new investment director
Stefan Gunn joins LDC's south-west and Wales team from NatWest's structured finance team
Acceptance threshold for KKR's Axel Springer bid exceeded
KKR has formed a consortium with the Springer founding family and its CEO to acquire the publisher
Pennsylvania SERS appoints new acting CIO
Nolan is replacing W. Bryan Lewis, who is leaving the system effective 2 August 2019
ESG due diligence gains ground in France
Number of ESG due diligence processes conducted ahead of deals quadrupled in 2018, France invest says
Nordic Capital shelves GHD GesundHeits sale - report
Nordic Capital has halted a sale process for homecare company GHD, which involved PAI and CD&R
Graphite Capital poised to buy Horizon Care - report
Stage Capital (then NBGI) acquired the Midlands-based specialist childcare provider in 2012