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 UK turnaround firm has hired Sanjiv Padmanabhan as a portfolio director as it continues to deploy its £525m fourth fund.
These would-be private equity investors have yet to commit wholeheartedly to the asset class, but if they did the impact would be significant.
GAMMA has secured authorisation from the FCA and becomes the first Icelandic financial player to operate in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis.
Brian Hughes, who heads the $180bn pension fund’s private equity team, on the value of diversification in the face of global macro headwinds.
The UK-focused firm’s latest offering is almost twice the size of its predecessor.
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The CEE specialist will initially invest in the region on a deal by deal basis.
The pan-European firm held a first close for the vehicle on €1.3m within the last week.
The Spanish real estate specialist, which is currently in market targeting €125m for its debut private equity fund, has acquired a majority stake in gastronomy business Sosa Ingredients.
H1 deal volumes are on a par with 2015 despite uncertainty caused by the EU referendum, but in H2 the number of deals are ‘likely to be lower’.
The firm has amassed more than €500m for its latest vehicle, which has a hard-cap of €750m.