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TA Associates is putting a fundraise on hold to focus on its flagship. Plus: the French Apax has changed its name; and sovereign wealth fund KIC is heading to India. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Hermes GPE’s Elias Korosis reflects on how the firm's shift to growth equity investing in 2014 has paid off, and why GP-led processes are appealing to LPs.

The fund has held a first close on 80 percent of its €750m target.

Peter Englander, a partner at Apax Partners, is retiring at the end of the month after 30 years at the firm.

The French firm has made another successful exit, selling satellite group Vizada to EADS for a fourfold return after rolling up two of its previous acquisitions in the sector.

The private equity arm of the French insurance giant has reportedly paid €133m for 52% of Outremer Telecom from shareholders including Apax France.

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.

With the Marathon of Marathons just days away, five professionals from Apax Partners are about to pack their bags for their Athens adventure.

Mega-funds, market bifurcation and a resurgent investor base are reshaping the continent’s private equity landscape.

LBP AM, a unit of the French bank, plans to tap more retail capital and grow its evergreen funds' AUM to more than €1bn, head of European private markets Peter Arnold tells PEI.

Finex has expanded to more than 50 full-time staff across Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, according to its website.

Vitruvian keeps a low profile. Based on interviews with those who have invested with and worked alongside it, we discover why it is so successful.

As the evolving PE landscape poses challenges for generalists, will sector specialists finally come to the fore in Europe, asks Monument Group's Janet Brooks.

The London-based firm closed on its hard-cap after just three months in market.

The mid-market European fund of funds will invest the vehicle in Central and Eastern Europe, special situations and growth capital funds.

The Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund has garnered £4.25m from individuals and foundations for investments in ‘scalable social enterprises’.