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In 2007, Doughty completed fundraising for its fifth private equity fund with €3.0 billion of investor commitments. This came just two years after the firm had wrapped up a difficult fundraising for
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Moeller - Moeller is one of the largest globally active manufacturers of low-voltage electrical distribution and automation components for industrial, commercial, and residential applications. Moeller was acquired by
Doughty Hanson in 2005 and sold in April 2008 in a transaction valued at €1.65
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issues into investment decision-making and ownership practices. A year later the firm became the first private equity manager in Europe to hire a dedicated Head of
Sustainability to focus on the implementation, management and monitoring of ESG issues across the Doughty Hanson portfolio.
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Real Estate – Doughty Hanson is an opportunistic investor and developer active in the office, retail and logistics sectors. Investments range from the acquisition of existing single assets and portfolios to more complex developments and urban regeneration
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home. Then, on 10 August 2015, the firm announced the shut down of most of its
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Doughty Hanson traces its history back to 1985 when Nigel
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Doughty Hanson's three product areas operate as separate fund families:
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in Europe. The firm also invests opportunistically in European
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369:Private Equity Fund IV
322:Private Equity Fund II
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217:Westdeutsche Landesbank
213:Standard Chartered Bank
159:middle-market companies
143:Doughty Hanson & Co
28:Doughty Hanson & Co
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391:Private Equity Fund V
311:Private Equity Fund I
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495:References
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