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Peder Prahl, the private equity firm's founder, speaks to PEI about the firm's culture, investment style and learnings from a recently concluded independent business advisory assessment.

RMBV is also about to complete its second continuation fund transaction, PEI understands.

With capital flows into defence assets tipped to grow as politicians make the case for backing the sector, questions remain over the ethics of – and expertise around – doing so.

Investors in the firm's Private Assets Fund overwhelmingly approved a change to the way carry is calculated, executive co-chair Hartley Rogers tells PEI.

Blackstone is bullish on the region and believes it will benefit from geopolitical uncertainty, Steve Schwarzman and Jon Gray tell Private Equity International.

The investment bank has said it will no longer work with the tech and healthcare investor on placing its latest flagship fund, which is expected to seek at least €3bn.

The tech investor is in market with three funds with a combined capital-raising target of up to $24bn.

Over one third of LPs plan to increase their commitments to secondaries over the next 12 months, according to Coller Capital's latest Global Private Capital Barometer.

Firm seeks as much as €1.95bn for Freya XII and is raising the vehicle without a placement agent, PEI understands.

The buyout giant, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in Europe this week, remains bullish on the region amid increasing spending on defence and tech.