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 social impact investor has appointed two partners following the announcement of a $200m commitment from OPIC in December.
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Synova expects to double its team size as it invests the fund which, at £250m, is more than twice the size of its predecessor.
Sposito founded the firm exclusively focused on the Italian market in 2003.
Christopher Cooke will join the alternatives-focused speciality investment bank to lead its international LP advisory practice.
The Swedish buyout firm has grown its operations team from one partner to five members as it continues to invest its €3.5bn Fund VIII.
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The Texas-headquartered mid-market firm has hired Carsten Beck to focus on deal sourcing in its Brussels office as it continues to deploy its maiden fund.
The majority of the capital in the Swedish lower mid-market fund comes from outside the Nordic region.
The firm, which has returned $16.6bn to its investors since January 2014, will offer LPs the choice to opt into a deal-by-deal style waterfall in a portion of the new vehicle.
The European mid-market firm’s latest offering is significantly larger than its predecessor.
The appointment comes as the firm’s private equity arm prepares to come back to market with its latest European offering.