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Merino-backed Hawkin's Bazaar appoints administrators
Company reported a loss of almost £1m on £15.3m in sales in 2018 and employs 177 people
Foresight invests £16.8m in Signature
Foresight Group will provide an initial £5m revolving credit facility to Signature
Altitude et al. back Nobl series-A
Cannabis data, conference and consulting service was backed by sector-focused investors
CMS's Grimwood joins Goodwin
Goodwin Procter employs around 60 corporate, fund formation and PE-focused tax lawyers in London
Passion Capital leads $1.7m round for Chai
Dynamo Ventures and MMC Ventures also invested in the commodities pricing company
MW&L acquires Chairman Mentors
MW&L invested £66m in oil well decommissioning company Well-Safe Solutions in October 2019
Permira sells Duff & Phelps for $4.2bn
New York-based Duff & Phelps is a business service that employs 3,500 people globally
Active Partners closes third fund on £100m
Active Partners closed its predecessor fund, Active ECF, on $40m in September 2016
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 £1bn, but exposure to private markets assets was already available to DB members
Hamilton Lane announce leadership changes
Before joining Hamilton Lane, Strang was a partner at private equity firm Dunedin
Clearwater opens Leeds office, appoints Goldsack
Newly appointed partner Richard Goldsack previously worked at Grant Thornton and EY
Advent completes £4bn acquisition of Cobham
Advent drew equity from its $17.5bn Advent IX vehicle, which writes equity tickets of $100m-1bn
Stripes leads $150m round for Snyk at $1bn+ valuation
Investors such as Coatue, Tiger Global, BoldStart and Salesforce Ventures also participated
Blossom closes Fund II on $185m
Portfolio companies include UK-based Duffel, Swiss company Frontify and Ireland-based Tines
Mayfair hires Price from Lloyds Bank
Price led the strategic debt finance and capital structure advisory teams at Lloyds
Former Ireland-based Carlyle team launches debut Melior fund
Melior Equity Partners' debut fund is targeting €200m, according to press reports
LDC exits Keoghs
Keoghs CEO John Whittle and the management team will continue to lead the business
Maven and GAM lead £6.4m round for Coniq
Coniq offers a CRM and loyalty platform for shopping malls, outlets and retail brands
Inflexion acquires Marston minority stake
Marston is a judicial services group, which recovers funds on behalf of taxpayers and businesses
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.
Verdane invests in Danelec Marine
Danelec Marine was expected to reach an enterprise value of DKK 300m (€40m) prior to the deal
Pantheon promotes Wong and Vainio to partner
Pantheon offers regional primary fund programmes, secondaries, and co-investment
MML acquires Arrow from GCP
CVC Credit has provided a £70m acquisition facility to the business support service