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Thomas H. Lee Partners Appoints Former Willis Towers Watson CEO John Haley as an Executive Partner

14 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Haley joins as an Executive Partner in the firm’s Financial Technology and Services investment group and has also been appointed to the board of THL portfolio company AmeriLife Group

Ara Partners Adds Peter Saldarriaga as Managing Director

14 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Saldarriaga spent over twelve years at Bain Capital, focused on buyouts and growth investments in the industrial, business services, and technology sectors

Beach Point Capital Management Supports Investment Consultant bfinance's MBO

14 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Management team takes a 51% stake, formerly held by Baird Capital, in the firm

The LTAF – A New Type of FCA Authorised Fund

13 February 2023 Public Grania Baird and Leon Chng

The LTAF has generated considerable interest, particularly from the defined contribution (DC) pension scheme market, where there has been recent positive news on the price cap rules

Kainos Capital Closes Fund III, Firm's Largest at $1bn

10 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Fund III can commit in excess of $300mn of equity per transaction, and potentially more with Kainos' LP co-investment program

Susquehanna Growth Equity Announces Promotions, New Hires

8 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

David Badler has been promoted to Managing Director, Sam Jenks, Michael Lyons, and Dylan Spain have been promoted to Associate

Ara Partners Acquires a Majority Interest in Wattstor

6 February 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Wattstor is a provider of automated carbon reduction and electricity cost-saving technology for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-market industrial and commercial (I&C) end users

Banrion Capital Announces Official Launch

6 February 2023 Public Greg Winterton

Banrion aims to arm advisors with the resources they need to incorporate both public and private alternative investments into their practices

The Riverside Company Acquires UK Energy Market Data Provider EnAppSys

30 January 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

The investment is an add-on to Riverside’s Montel AS platform

MiddleGround Capital Opens European Office

23 January 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Alexander van der Have, Anthony Denaix and Robert Jonkers have been hired to lead MiddleGround's European strategy

Global Private Capital Association Appoints Four to Board

12 January 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Rohit Sipahimalani, Craig Thorburn, Frank Su and Jose Sosa del Valle all join GPCA

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Promotes Promotes Twelve, Adds Two

10 January 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has announced a raft of promotions to begin the new year

Battery Ventures Promotes Software Investor Zak Ewen to Partner

10 January 2023 AlphaWeek Basic Greg Winterton

Ewen to help lead Battery’s growing London office and help pursue growth and private equity deals across Europe

Unlocking LP Capital – New World, New Approach

9 January 2023 Public Alex Odysseos

The private equity fundraising market is going through one of the toughest moments since private equity became a more mainstream component of LP portfolios in the final years leading up to the global financial crisis