Nordics

Stelios Elia joined the European Corporate team at Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)’s London offices as a managing director after a 15-year tenure at BC Partners.

KKR's European real estate platform expanded its position in the Nordics with a significant acquisition in Finland, while PE/VC players continued to back various life sciences and tech niches.

The $19 billion Los Angeles Water and Power Employees Retirement System added two real estate managers to its portfolio, according to recently released board meeting documents.

Franklin Templeton launched a quantitative long/short equity strategy focused on a range of European stocks: the Franklin K2 ActusRay European Alpha UCITS Fund.

Family offices are planning to ramp up their allocations to private debt managers over the next 18 months, with residential real estate and specialist corporate finance set to draw the most money, new industry research shows.

The $21 billion Minneapolis alternative investment firm Castlelake made a $150 million investment in IMH, a a Sweden-based specialty lender. The transaction includes the purchase of IMH’s existing loans and financing facility for the origination of new loans. According to ...

Sweden's EQT reported strong demand for its EQT Infrastructure V with a final close of €15.7 billion ($18 billion), furthering the firm’s ambitions of being one of the largest infrastructure investors worldwide. The fundraising for the fund began in July ...

AXA Investment Managers has tracked significant interest in its new life science strategy that is said to be oversubscribed. The AXA European Life Science Fund is raising €750 million ($896 million) for a minority stake in ELSS, which is a ...

The $216 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund allocated across a spectrum of alternative investments to the tune of $862 million. The main winner was real assets, which added $300 million in new allocations recently. Grain Communications’ new fund ...

EQT closed its EQT Real Estate II fund at its hard cap of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) with the support of international blue-chip investors, according to the company. With a thematic investment and high-conviction approach, the fund offers up value-added ...