ABN AMRO

The private equity unit of ABN AMRO, the Netherlands' third-largest bank, have spun out in a Lazard-advised deal.

As the bank sees increased interest in social impact investing, it has launched a €10m fund which will invest in Dutch SMEs aiming to achieve societal goals on a profitable basis.

As the bank sees increased interest in social impact investing, it has launched a €10m fund which will invest in Dutch SMEs aiming to achieve societal goals on a profitable basis.

AAC Capital Partners, the former ABN AMRO buyout team, has secured €950m for further acquisitions from investors including Goldman Sachs, the CPPIB, AlpInvest and Adams Street.

The quoted fund of funds, backed by Bank of America and Oak Hill, has engaged ABN AMRO to issue a continuous quote on its shares. It is the second time the bank has provided the Euronext-traded fund with liquidity.

Lehman Brothers Private Equity Partners has reached an agreement with ABN AMRO to repurchase stock on its behalf, just a week after Euronext-quoted Conversus struck a similar deal.

Continuing the growing involvement of buyout firms in the oil and gas sector 3i and ABN Amro’s merchant banking arm have taken a £53 million stake in TSMarine.

The Dutch bank captive arm has put the seal on its independence with a new name for a tried and tested strategy. Under its new moniker, the firm has €1.8bn of fresh capital to invest.

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The tech and healthcare growth investor has held the final close on its Quadrille Technologies IV fund, smashing its target.

The former PGGM private markets CIO takes up the role after 16 months as AXA’s global head of real assets.

Valuations are sky-rocketing across Europe thanks to plenty of capital, and Germany is no exception. In this environment, GPs must relentlessly drive dealflow — because not investing is not an option.

Norwest Equity Partners promoted Andrew Cantwell, who joined the firm in 2006 from Northwestern Mutual Capital, to partner.

The Singapore-based firm will start investing in stressed companies in India and has hired a former director at Advent International to head the new business unit.

The world’s third-largest pension fund has named Kang Myun-wook as its chief investment officer after an intense power struggle prompted a management reshuffle last year.

The placement agent has promoted Meredith Gendron in Boston and Niklas Amundsson in Hong Kong.