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CalPERS chief named Private Equity LeaderJoe Dear, CalPERS' CIO, is the first LP to be honoured as PEI’s Private Equity Leader and joins Sir Ronald Cohen, Jeremy Coller and Howard Marks on the honour roll.
- HgCapital launches £400m TMT fundraise
The vehicle will invest alongside the firm’s £2bn sixth fund. Former Apax executive Matthew Brockman will lead the lower mid-market effort.
- PEI Awards: Oaktree, Apax retain crowns
The results are in: Oaktree and Apax are among the winners that have once again been honoured by peers in the PEI Awards. Meanwhile, TPG swept the boards in Asia, while Actis, Blackstone, Bridgepoint, Robeco, CalPERS, Temasek and Partners Group were also considered standouts by voters.
- Apax France CEO steps down
Maurice Tchenio, one of the three founders of private equity titan Apax Partners, has passed control of the firm’s French arm months before it closes a new fund.
- SLCP eyes the European mid-market
Fund of funds manager SL Capital Partners has launched a mid-market product, mirroring a similar initiative in North America.
- Bending the rules
Traditional buyout opportunities are both rare and expensive in Asia. As many firms adapt their investment approach, is there a future for the Asian buyout?
- Apax loses £2.4bn bid for Smiths Medical
For the second time this month, Apax Partners has seen a major buyout offer collapse.
- Partners opens in South America
The Swiss giant’s global expansion continues. New York-based Karin Hallin will head up a new office in São Paolo, Brazil.
- Apax’s iGate bids $1.2bn for Patni Computers
The Apax Partners-backed software firm iGate plans to take a majority stake in the Mumbai-based information technology company Patni Computers in a deal worth $1.2 bn.
- Montagu raises €2bn towards Fund IV
The European mid-market firm is progressing towards its €2.5bn hard cap in a fundraise that it claims has been ‘no easier or harder’ than previous efforts.