Isobel Markham is Editor of Private Equity International, overseeing the editorial content of the monthly magazine and contributing news and analysis for PrivateEquityInternational.com. Based in New York, Isobel works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI Media’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
After appointing its first London head in September, the firm has added a corporate veteran to its bench.
2 min read · 04 October 2016
The fund, focused on the Spanish mid-market, was raised in less than six months.
2 min read · 04 October 2016
Dushy Sivanithy, who spent 10 years at fund of funds Pantheon, joins the placement agent and advisor from UK development finance institution CDC Group.
3 min read · 30 September 2016
The close of the West Africa-focused fund comes amid a muted year of fundraising for Africa.
2 min read · 30 September 2016
The Paris-based buyout house has reached its target for the fund, and is on-track to hold a final close by year-end.
2 min read · 30 September 2016
The UK-focused firm extended the fundraising by six months to take account of investor uncertainty around the UK’s EU referendum.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
The pan-African firm is acquiring a 49% stake for $55m from AfricInvest and the founding family.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
HVPE, a listed fund of funds that invests in and alongside HarbourVest-managed funds, transitioned to the main market of the LSE last year.
3 min read · 28 September 2016
Research from Investec shows more than 80% of private equity professionals have supported a philanthropic cause in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
GPs are holding on to assets longer as they seek to balance out lower IRRs with higher cash multiple returns, said UBS’ Nestor Paz Galindo.
2 min read · 27 September 2016
