Isobel Markham
Isobel Markham is Editor of Private Equity International, overseeing the editorial content of the monthly magazine and contributing news and analysis for PrivateEquityInternational.com. Based in New York, Isobel works closely with private equity-focused colleagues across PEI Media’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
The Guy Hands-led firm first floated parent company Infinis Group in 2013 and subsequently rebought the shares.
The latest fund will be in line with its predecessor, which closed on its €3.5bn hard-cap in 2013.
Panellists at a forum in London spoke of the need for more creative fund structures for investing in Africa and other emerging markets.
The firm has sold the German lighting business to French industry giant Ardian.
Disruptive Capital Finance, the family office chaired by Edi Truell, plans to close an £80m ‘top-up’ fund next month and start raising fresh capital.
Speaking at an emerging markets conference in London, Cherie Blair noted that investors are unlikely to be ‘whiter than white’, but can still make a genuine commitment to change.
At a forum in London, BT Pension Scheme trustee director Donald MacDonald said pension funds use fiduciary duty as an excuse not to engage with ESG issues.
The Danish house has raised 80% of its DKr1.9bn target and is on track to hold a second close before year-end.
Rob Freer and Andrew Skinner will lead the Northern England-focused private equity firm’s new Birmingham office, which will target the East and West Midlands.
A BCG study predicts the UK sectors most likely to be disrupted by the UK’s decision to leave the EU and throw up opportunities.