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Following its recent restructuring, Alan MacKay is guiding investment group Hermes GPE towards an increased focus on co-investment and infrastructure, reflecting a more hands-on approach to its private markets portfolio.
Listed fund manager Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has sold its entire investment in Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s SWIP Private Equity Fund of Funds II for €17.37m. 
CS Strategic Partners, the dedicated secondary private equity arm of financial services group Credit Suisse, has closed its latest fund on over $2.9bn. 
Californian venture firm Horizon Ventures has sold its interest in Horizon Ventures Fund II, previously owned by the U.S. Small Business Administration to two secondary investors. 
Scottish Equity Partners has hired energy industry executive Tony Robison to its newly established Energy and Environmental Technologies Fund (EEF). 
The private equity arm of European insurance giant AXA is seeking investor approval to raise an additional $1bn for its latest fund, as secondary players poise for imminent regulation that will force banks to offload existing stakes in private equity funds. 
LBO investor Sun Capital Partners has sold ThermaSys, a US maker of copper, brass and aluminum heat exchanger components and assemblies, to Wellspring Capital Management. 
Even after the financial problems of recent years, private equity and alternative investments continue to grow among institutional investors, according to Joncarlo Mark, former senior portfolio manager in CalPERS’ Alternative Investment Management programme. 
Danish buy-out house Odin Equity has sold its majority stake in Haarslev Industries, a cleantech business, to Stockholm-based private equity peer Altor Equity Partners. 
Dallas-based secondaries specialist Cogent Partners has hired Niklas Johansson as a senior advisor for Europe, where he will primarily assist the firm with expanding its relationships in the Nordic region. 
Secondary-direct investor Saints Capital and Bryan Garnier Principal Investments (BGPI), the private equity arm of Paris-based investment bank Bryan Garnier & Co, have teamed up to launch a partnership targeting the French private equity market. 
