Charterhouse Capital Partners

The Europe-focused buyout firm has reduced capital raising targets since 2009, when it shifted focus to smaller mid-market companies in the region.

PE firms show strong appetite for UK’s business media and information sector and closed on a record €3.6bn in total enterprise value in the 12 months to March.

Wang Ou, who led the $940bn sovereign wealth fund's PE department for over three years, will provide strategic advice to the firm's deal team.

Eurazeo China Growth Fund will be sector agnostic and will aim to help European companies that want to tap China’s growing middle-class consumer market.

LPs worried about conflicts in fund restructuring situations may be reassured by Charterhouse’s sale of Comexposium.

Valentina Gentile will serve as investor relations director, Private Equity International has learned.

The appointment comes as Canada's second biggest pension fund manager shifts towards direct investments.

The UK-headquartered firm has hired three people and promoted one as it deploys the €2.3bn Charterhouse Capital Partners X.