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Month: February 2020

Carlyle invests in Belgian medical software provider Mak-System

The firm said it used equity from two of its European funds to acquire a stake at the family-owned business

Property of the Week: An Edwardian maisonette for £1.25m

The three-bedroom apartment echoes the Edwardian townhouse it’s set in

SoftBank-backed startup pitched $3 peanut butter – consumers didn’t bite

Brandless, which sold generic household products online, all for one price, shut down this week after investors grew frustrated with losses

Ethos makes legally-binding commitments after widespread criticism of $1.1bn .org deal

PIR has agreed to an extension to March 20 for Icann to review the deal

Hellman & Friedman engineers big workplace software merger

The all-stock deal will create a company worth roughly $22bn including debt

Founders of Blackstone-backed $6.9bn hedge fund to split up

Senator Investment Group’s growth was a boon for Blackstone, which had backed the firm in exchange for a share of its revenue

StepStone promotes four to partner

Opalesque Industry Update - StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm, has named four new Partners. StepStone Partner and Co-CEO Scott Hart said, amp;quot;The other Partners and I could not be prouder to work

AMB :- Morgan Stanley buys E-Trade for $13bn in an all-stock deal

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: American multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley is buying online broker E*Trade Financial Corp. in a $13 billion deal that will reshape the storied investm...Article Link

AMB :- Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

Deloitte: ESG-mandated assets on pace to account for 50% of all professionally managed assets by 2025

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: The US has often lagged behind other jurisdictions in terms of its appetite for ESG investments, but that may be changing. A new report from Deloitte suggests that the number

Mohamed El-Erian: four main challenges will define the 2020s

Company and government success will increasingly be defined by responses to climate change, privacy concerns, de-globalisation and population ageing

Former TPG Growth consumer head launches new firm

The new consumer-focused firm will target investments of between $30m and $150m

Victoria’s Secret to go private at $1.1bn valuation

Leslie Wexner is expected to step down as L Brands chairman and CEO after selling control of lingerie brand

Calpers steps up bid to rein in private debt investment disclosures

The largest US public pension will push for legal limits on information it can disclose about debt investments to keep the door open to debt funds

UBS hires ING boss Ralph Hamers to replace CEO Sergio Ermotti

Hamers will join UBS’s board in September and become CEO on November 1

AMB :- Align Capital Partners races to a $450m hard cap close of its private equity fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US-based private equity firm Align Capital Partners (ACP) has announced closing its second investment fund at $450 million, 12.5% higher than its target size of $400 million. ACP began raising...Article Link

AMB :- Greencoat Capital rakes in $358m for green energy fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Infra investor Greencoat Capital has raked in £277m ($358m) of capital commitments for its new Greencoat Renewable Income (GRI) fund. Brunel Pension Partnership, Bristol, England, and the Sup...Article Link

Omers Private Equity appoints new global head as Redman steps down

Mark Redman, who has been global head of private equity since 2015, made a personal decision to leave the organisation

Carlyle explores PA Consulting sale

PA Consulting said it prefers another private equity buyer

LDC opens office in Newcastle eyeing growing opportunity in the North East

The decision follows the firm's plan to invest £1.2bn in UK mid-market businesses over the next three years

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