Toby Mitchenall
The $18bn gatekeeper has hired Eric Warner to spearhead its fundraising and investor relations activity, as it nears a first close on its debut real assets fund.
The Swiss giant’s global expansion continues. New York-based Karin Hallin will head up a new office in São Paolo, Brazil.
The firm’s latest MENA vehicle, the first of its kind, opens up certain sectors for Gulf-based LPs in Carlyle’s $500m MENA fund.
A final draft of the AIFM directive is close to agreement and its latest form is ‘something the industry can work with’, according to the head of EVCA.
Tom Sikorski has left the energy-focused private equity giant and is understood to be planning a new venture.
Zug-based Partners Group is building up its team to deploy its largest ever pool of direct investment capital. The firm specialises in private equity, infrastructure, real estate and debt.
Infrastructure doyen Vito Gambarale and private equity veteran Carlo Mammola have joined forces with Berger, Lahnstein and Middelhoff to raise €250m for the Italian mid-market.
Matthew Hudson, formerly of SJ Berwin and Coller Capital, has founded a law firm which will charge fees based on clients’ success rather than billable hours.
Two of Eaton Partners’ former European fundraisers have set up London-based placement agent Threadmark.
The firm, which has more than £2bn in cash and undrawn facilities, is tentatively increasing its investment pace.