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 hire follows a £38m first close on Foresight’s Regional Investment Fund and the opening of its Manchester office.
As it continues to invest its sixth fund of funds, which closed on €700m this month, Danske Private Equity principal Jesper Knutssøn talks to PEI about the firm's plans and the “aggressive” fund terms it’s seeing in the market.
Data from the Electoral Commission shows industry names, including KKR’s Johannes Huth and Warburg Pincus’ Joseph Schull, are not leaving the outcome of the upcoming referendum to chance.
The German-listed firm acquired the denim fabric producer Tavex Europe a year ago through a complex carve-out transaction.
The firm has scrapped plans for a new fund and will instead focus on managing the remaining assets in its portfolio.
The sale comes as the firm continues to raise its fourth fund, targeting £200m.
The small-cap arm of pan-European firm Bridgepoint has reached its hard-cap after just three months in market.
The fund, which officially launched last May, is expected to reach its £425m target by the summer.
The government-owned investment manager has bought a large stake in the 5.8m hectare cattle companies.
Former Baloise Group CEO Martin Strobel joins the global buyout house as an operating partner.