Private Equity 3d Briefing
×Personnel Moves
Ex-Coller CEO pe-insights.com Sara Macedo has joined Emissary Partners as managing principal, bringing her expertise from Jeremy Coller's family office to the growing $5tn family office market. Meanwhile, Oakley Capital pehub.com has promoted four managing directors to partner: Alessandro Celli, Konstantin Synetos, Lovis von Andrian and Mike Mutsaers. In other leadership news, Littlejohn pehub.com has tapped Shant Mardirossian as managing director and COO for the newly created role.
Fund Activity
HgT pe-insights.com has deployed approximately $62m into new co-investments in One Stream and Septeo, while Gemspring pehub.com has expanded its investment in construction tech firm Sitemetric. The firm's additional capital will support continued product innovation and geographic expansion. Orion pehub.com, CGF and Exiro have partnered for a $200m investment in Manitoba's Thompson Mine Complex, forming Exiro Nickel Company alongside Vale. Warburg Pincus pe-insights.com is preparing to invest up to $1bn in Global Eggs, targeting an $8bn egg empire in the process.
Secondary Market Surge
The private equity secondary market is experiencing unprecedented activity with Ares Management pe-insights.com closing an $850m continuation fund to hold Convergint Technologies amid a record $240bn secondaries wave. Coller Capital pe-insights.com has formed a distribution partnership with Mediobanca Private Banking to expand evergreen secondaries access in Italy. This surge in secondary activity was recognized at the recent Secondaries Awards 2025 secondariesinvestor.com, with Goldman Sachs Asset Management taking Secondaries Firm of the Year in the Americas, Ardian winning in EMEA, and various APAC region winners also announced.
M&A Activity
Arlington Capital pehub.com has sold aerospace parts maker FSG to JF Lehman for an undisclosed sum, with FSG being a global provider of complex precision forgings to aerospace, defense and space customers. Waterland Private EquityREF:2