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CréditAg names Asia research head

Crédit Agricole has hired a senior China economist from Bank of America to head up its research team for Asia ex-Japan.

Colombian candidate wins CAF presidency

Sergio Díaz-Granados, executive director for Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), will become the new executive president of Latin American multilateral lender CAF in September after obtaining more votes than Argentine candidate Christian Asinelli.

Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You.

Oil and gas giants are selling off their most-polluting operations to small private companies. Most manage to escape public scrutiny.

Core Industrial Partners celebrates rapid virtual fundraise success with hard-cap-beating $465m Fund II close

Chicago private equity firm Core Industrial Partners has become the latest buyout house to hit fundraising success through an entirely virtual process, racing to a $465m one-and-done Fund II close in less than four months.

Resolute Capital Partners names EnergyFunders co-founder Minshew to new president of energy role

Private equity firm Resolute Capital Partners has brought in energy, finance and tech industry veteran Casey Minshew for its newly-created role of president of energy.

Bessemer names longtime Amazon senior exec Blackburn as new partner amid $3.3bn double fund close

Early stage investment giant Bessemer Venture Partners has scored another huge flagship fundraise, hauling in $3.3bn across Fund XI and a new growth-stage vehicle.

Soaring NYC startup scene, rising seed round sizes sees Primary Venture Partners up fundraising stakes with $200m of new capital

New York City startup scene-focused Primary Venture Partners has pulled in $200m of fresh capital through a pair of fundraises.

JMI Equity ups target for tenth flagship software-focused private equity fund

Software-focused private equity firm JMI Equity has upped its fundraising goal for its tenth flagship fund to $1.7bn.

Groupon billionaire Lefkofsky’s venture capital firm Lightbank doubles AUM through $180m Fund II close

Lightbank, the venture capital firm co-founded by Groupon billionaire Eric Lefkofsky, has doubled its assets under management through a $180m final close of its second fund.

After 37 Years, Yellow Wood Reunites Dr. Scholl’s

Scholl’s Wellness Company, a portfolio company of Yellow Wood Partners, has agreed to acquire the Scholl footcare brand (Scholl), which operates globally outside of the Americas, from consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser. The buy of Scholl

Peterson Partners seals second fund close of 2021 by raising its biggest-ever flagship vehicle

Veteran private equity investor Peterson Partners has closed its second fund of the year by hauling in $225m for its biggest-ever flagship investment vehicle.

Oak HC/FT raises $1.4bn to leverage huge digital adoption shift in wake of Covid-19

Healthcare and fintech investor Oak HC/FT has raised a new $1.4bn fund as it looks to profit from an accelerating shift in digital adoption fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Blackstone’s booming secondaries arm said to eye another $15bn across two new fundraises

Blackstone’s $38bn secondaries unit Strategic Partners is reportedly eyeing up to $15bn across a pair of new secondaries private equity funds.

Hellman & Friedman picks up PennSERS backing as Fund X said to draw near huge close

The $34.5bn-managing Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System has picked private equity major Hellman & Friedman for its latest buyout fund commitment.

Welsh Carson solidifies future leadership plans with string of senior promotions

US private equity major Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe has solidied its future leadership through a string of senior staffing promotions.

EQT scores $1bn Innovyze sale to US software giant Autodesk

Private equity major EQT has agreed the $1bn sale of water infrastructure software platform Innovyze to trade buyer Autodesk.

Iconic Scholl, Dr Scholl’s brands reunited after over 30 years apart through Yellow Wood Partners deal

Major footwear retailer Scholl has been bought by US private equity house Yellow Wood Partners to reunite the business with the Dr Scholl's brand after more than 30 years of separate ownership.

Plume hits $1.35bn valuation through Insight-led investment amid lockdown demand for better broadband, smart home connectivity

Smart home wifi platform developer Plume has hit a $1.35bn valuation through an Insight Partners-led investment round fuelled by an "explosion" in the segment.

CVC buys into Carlyle’s Medrisk to become latest PE major committed to US workers compensation industry growth

CVC Capital Partners is the latest private equity firm to buy into the growing US workers compensation industry by picking up a stake in Carlyle-backed MedRisk.

Hellman & Friedman to pledge over $1bn to its own PE fund

Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X has a $20bn goal and will invest in both North America and Europe

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