MMC Capital, the private equity arm of Marsh & McLennan, has rounded up a new mega-fund for investments in the global insurance, employee benefits and financial services industries.
Blackstone has joined the firm formerly known as Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in a $1.75bn investment in Vanguard Health Systems, an operator of acute care hospitals.
San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman has also announced the opening of a London office led by managing director Patrick Healy.
The Cape Natexis private equity fund has held a final close of its oversubscribed small and mid cap buyout fund, ahead of its €110m target.
Boston-based ArcLight Capital Partners plans to use its Fund II to invest in the coal, natural gas, power generation, and electric and gas transmission and distribution industries.
Centurion Capital has achieved a first and final closing of its debut private equity fund on €150m. The fund will aim to exploit the convergence of Europe’s economies and expansion of the European Union.
Alpinvest, CalPERS and the EBRD are among the institutions that have signed up for Enterprise Investors’ fifth and largest fund to date.
The German mid-market private equity firm has held a first closing of its second fund with commitments of €74m, secured from new and returning financial institutions.
Sorenson Capital, based in Salt Lake City, will invest in small- to mid-sized companies in the Western US with the help of a former American football star.
Vintage Venture Partners, a private equity secondaries investor focused on Israel, has completed the final closing of its debut fund with $64m of commitments.