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EQT closes €350m turnaround fundThe Stockholm-headquartered firm has held a final close on what is believed to be the Nordic region’s first dedicated turnaround fund.
- Investcorp buys gift co from BC Partners for €440m
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
- Goldman hires European PE co-head
Sanjay Patel has joined Goldman Sachs’ private equity division from GSC Partners to work alongside Hughes Lepic.
- EQT sells hoist company for $53m
The Nordic firm’s turnaround fund purchased Germany’s Pfaff Beteiligungs two years ago, and has since increased sales from $64m to nearly $90m.
- EQT Opportunity backs retailer
The Nordic special situations firm has seen an opportunity in a Swedish farmer-owned retailer, which sells to pet lovers, householders and farmers.
- EQT opportunity fund does second deal this month
The €365m fund, which invests in special situations and turnarounds, has bought a non-core engine cooling asset owned by Valeo, a French automotive group.
- Marcus Wallenberg joins Temasek Board
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings latest appointment is a member of the wealthy and influential Swedish industrial Wallenberg family, dubbed the 'Royal Family of Swedish business.'
- EQT plugs Finnish gap
The firm hopes the hire of Thomas Ramsay, formerly head of its European rival Industri Kapital's Finnish team, will reinvigorate the business, which has not done any deals since 2005.
- EQT sells Finn Power for €170m
EQT, the Nordic alternative asset manager, has sold a five year old Finnish investment five months after wide-ranging departures from its Finnish office.
- Mounir Guen: Countdown to 2008
Mounir Guen, chief executive of MVision, a global placement agent, joins PEO on day three of its Countdown to 2008.