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Mark Latham

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Editor at @PrivateEquityN1. Ex-Sunday Herald, Sunday Times, Handelsblatt Global, Politico Europe. Occasional travel writer.

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  • 1 week ago | funds-europe.com | Mark Latham

    Netherlands-based Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management’s has made a final close of its third Europe-focussed private equity strategy having gathered €388 million. Following a first close on March 23, the final subscription round was open from March 24 to April 11.

  • 3 weeks ago | funds-europe.com | Mark Latham

    Switzerland-based Union Bancaire Privée has completed its acquisition of Societe Generale’s UK wealth management arm, SG Kleinwort Hambros. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, was first announced last August. As of today, SG Kleinwort Hambros becomes Union Bancaire Privée (UK) Limited, with Mouhammed Choukeir appointed as its Chief Executive Officer. He will lead all of UBP’s Wealth Management activities in the UK, Channel Islands, and Gibraltar and steer the integration of the teams.

  • 3 weeks ago | funds-europe.com | Mark Latham

    With today’s deadline for UK-domiciled funds to opt into using one of the four Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) sustainability labels, it has emerged that just 80 UK open- and closed-end funds have so far publicly announced they had opted for a label, representing £34.5bn of assets under management.

  • 4 weeks ago | funds-europe.com | Mark Latham

    London-based green investment specialist Impax has completed its acquisition of the European assets of Sky Harbor Capital Management, a high-yield fixed income manager, for an undisclosed sum. Sky Harbor, founded in 2011 and based in Greenwich, Connecticut, is a specialist investment firm serving institutional investors, private wealth advisers and multi-asset managers.

  • 4 weeks ago | funds-europe.com | Mark Latham

    London-based private equity firm IK Partners has closed its tenth mid-cap fund, Fund X, having reached its hard cap of €3.3bn, making it the largest fund the firm has raised to date. IK’s previous mid-cap fund, IK IX, raised €2.85bn in 2020. According to the firm, the new fund attracted significant interest from institutional investors across Emea (64%), Asia (20%) and the Americas (16%), with a record amount of capital raised from limited partners investing in IK funds for the first time.

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Mark Latham @Mark_Latham_
7 Apr 24

This by @lisaocarroll calling for Brussels to match London’s #ULEZ fails to mention that Brussels already has a more stringent LEZ. Non-compliant cars can only enter Brussels 24 times a year @ €35 per day compared with unlimited visits to London @ £12.50. https://t.co/BeE3RCHIyL

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Mark Latham @Mark_Latham_
21 Aug 23

RT @Telegraph: 🚨 Sadiq Khan’s office tried to discredit and “silence” scientists who found that his ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) policy…

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11 Jul 23

RT @TTFacer: Nordic Capital’s mountaineering boss on scaling the heights of ambition Kristoffer Melinder talks about the firm’s record fun…