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- Halley family bets big on Vandevelde
Change Capital, the private equity shop headed by Luc Vandevelde, has secured a E300m cornerstone investment from the Halley family, which has set aside another E700m for co-investment.
- Private equity chief of New York Pension leaves
Paula Chester has left the New York State Common Retirement Fund, where she managed a $15bn private equity portfolio.
- Merrill Lynch clients lose out on Englefield
Investors lined up by Merrill Lynch’s fund placement group to invest in Englefield Capital’s debut fund were denied access after Englefield secured a E495m cornerstone investment from the Brenninkmeijer family.
- Buyers put pressure on price for DT cable assets
Revised offers from consortia including a group made up of Apax, Providence and Goldman Sachs is likely to value Deutsche Telekom’s cable assets at less than E2bn.
- Permira invests in German television operator
The UK buyout house has bought a majority stake in German pay-television operator Premiere, in the firm’s second deal in as many weeks.
- Cox rejects takeover bid
Cox International, the insurance group backed by venture groups Warburg Pincus and Palamon, has rejected a bid by insurance entrepreneur Peter Wood.
- Investors buy into Lime Rock’s second
The firm has closed its second energy-sector dedicated fund quickly and way above target as the buyside gravitates towards more specialised funds.
- UTIMCO opts to withhold quarterly data
Following objections from a number of GPs, the Texas University fund has decided against publishing data for half of its 130 private equity investments
- General Atlantic continues BPO investing
The US information technology and business services investor has provided a further £50m to London-based back office processing business Xchanging.