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AAC Nordic targets €150m for debut fundThe firm, which was formerly the Nordic team of ABN AMRO Capital, is trying to collect €150m for its maiden fund.
- Dutch bonus cap could pressure GPs
Plans by the Dutch government to cap variable pay at financial institutions at 20% could result in additional pressure on pension funds and GPs to comply with these regulations as well, industry sources warn.
- Germany roundtable: Europe’s engine room
PEI flew to Frankfurt last month to find out why Germany is now, as one LP calls it, ‘one of the most attractive private equity markets to be in’
- Friday Price: The right price
These are halcyon days for the US high yield market. Take yesterday’s announcement that technology group SunGard had successfully raised a $3 billion (€2.5 billion) junk bond in support of the $11.3 billion buyout of the company that took place in March this year by a seven-strong consortium of private equity firms, led by Silver Lake Partners.
- Pantheon hires European infra head
The funds of funds manager has recruited Heiko Schupp from infrastructure fund manager EISER as head of European infrastructure investments – a newly created role.
- NIBC spin-out collects €100m for growth fund
Avedon Capital Partners has completed its spin-out from Dutch bank NIBC, a transaction led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Goldman is taking a stake in the group's prior fund and is also one of three major backers for Avedon's current fund, which is targeting €200m.
- Campbell Lutyens hires CS Asian fund group head
Conrad Yan will lead Campbell Lutyen’s nascent Hong Kong office, which has made three other hires for its Asia Pacific activities.
- TGI Friday’s off the menu for €72m
AAC Capital has booked a 3.8x return on its investment in restaurant chain TGI Friday’s UK, which it made while still captive at ABN AMRO.
- The ones to call
Flip through consumer, retail or healthcare pitchbooks and you’ll be sure to find career investment bankers touting 25 or 30 years of experience in their sector. But infrastructure is a relatively new vertical for most banks, and experienced advisors can be hard to come by. When you do your research of who is who in infrastructure M&A work, the following ten names are bound to pop up. We present them here in alphabetical order*
- StanChart, L Capital in $81m luxury buyout
A syndicate including Standard Chartered's private equity arm and an LVMH-backed private equity fund have purchased Singapore-based luxury watch retailer Sincere.