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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.
Following the appointments of two financial sector veterans as advisors to the firm, Permira has hired former co-head of LEK Consulting’s global financial services practice to lead its newly formed 11-strong sector team.
Against a tough fundraising background, Herkules Capital has broken the record for the largest private equity fund raised in Norway by corralling €690m from investors.
The development-focused fund of funds has received a revised investment remit from its shareholder the UK Government, which will redirect investment from China and Latin America to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Economic turbulence is throwing up opportunities for emerging market-focused private equity funds to make investments at favourable prices, but capital-constrained LPs are urging caution.
A meeting between the two countries’ prime ministers, Gordon Brown and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani, has resulted in the launch of Europe-focused cleantech fund and the creation of a 'Low Carbon Innovation Centre' in Qatar.
The fund, which is twice the size of its predecessor, has made its maiden investment: a £50m secondary buyout of a UK-based aerospace parts supplier.
Permira, Apax, CVC and PAI are reportedly lining up against two trade buyers as they consider bids to carve out Clece, a support services firm, from construction conglomerate ACS in the latest example of a Spanish building group selling off non-core assets.
The former Arques Industries team has raised €300m since May in what it describes as a fundraising environment that ‘could not have been more difficult’.
The appointment of Gianemilio Osculati is the firm’s latest in a series of high profile hires as it builds towards a listing on NYSE.
After a dispute with an unnamed corporation, the German mid-market firm has been forced to change its name to Triginta Capital.
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