Sam Barber

USS makes a $200 million (€149 million) investment in Partners Group’s new hedge fund of funds strategy that is being replicated by other large financial houses.

BC Partners has bought Foxtons for approximately £400 million (€585 million, $790 million) after a six month bidding process.

Citigroup Alternative Investments has launched a new team to make investments in infrastructure, bringing in two specialists from Ferrovial and Deutsche Bank, respectively, as co-heads.