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Toby Mitchenall

Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, at PEI Media. He is responsible for New Private Markets, a dedicated intelligence source on impact investing, sustainability and ESG in private markets, and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.
The Estonian investment banking group says that economic ties with Sweden will spur growth in the region.
The French mid-market firm will pay €20m for Jet Multimedia’s consumer facing arm in its second acquisition in the last two months.
As unfunded commitments are looking harder to meet, the Euronext-listed fund of funds is receiving increased calls from its managers of distressed funds.
The fund has earmarked $80m for three venture funds, including two re-ups and one new relationship.
The auction process for the Irish power group attracted acceptable bids, but concerns over their ‘deliverabiliy’ have led Arcapita to put the sale on ice.
KKR is among the private equity firms preparing a bid for Spanish IT firm Telvent, which is currently majority-owned by Spanish conglomerate, Abengoa. Permira and The Carlyle Group have also been linked.
The auction process for the Irish power group attracted acceptable bids, but concerns over their ‘deliverability’ have led Arcapita to put the sale on ice.
The second-largest pension fund in the UK is increasing its headcount as it seeks to grow its private equity allocation.
After a promising start to its latest fundraising, tough market conditions have forced the Paris- and London-based firm to lengthen the fundraising period for its €250m renewables fund.
Investment bank Close Brothers is corralling mid-market GPs to acquire leveraged debt owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing. The debt relates to such buyouts as Coral Eurobet and Merlin Entertainment Group.
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