Toby Mitchenall
Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor for private equity at PEI Media. He is responsible for and regular contributor to the private equity coverage across Private Equity International, Secondaries Investor and private funds management and is based in PEI’s London office. Toby was previously a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.
Following a strong half year for the banking giant’s private equity advisory arm, Merrill Lynch has made a series of internal promotions, including Jeff Kaplan’s elevation to global head.
The French alternatives firm has smashed its initial fundraising target of €300m against a difficult market backdrop, a week after selling a stake in the management company to Spanish firm N+1.
The UK Government’s emerging markets fund of funds has made commitments to four Chinese funds. It expects these funds to go on to raise a total of $1.7bn from other sources for investment in the region.