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Month: July 2020

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital’s Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital&`s Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up o...Article Link

AMB :- U.K. pension funds report strong in hedging activity in Q2 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.K. pension funds upped hedging activity in the second quarter amid uncertainty over the economic outlook, said BMO. Amidst grave uncertainty as to the global economic future, both interest ...Article Link

Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital's Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital's Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up on its one

Lakeview Banks Big Multiple on UAS Sale

Lakeview Equity Partners has sold its portfolio company, UAS Laboratories, to Chr. Hansen at an enterprise value of $530 million. Lakeview acquired UAS Laboratories in April 2013. United Agricultural Services Laboratories (DBA UAS Laboratories) is

Pets a Good Bet

According to a new study by Katten, pet owners’ love for their animals, along with the impact of COVID-19, are among the reasons decision-makers feel bullish about the future of private equity and animal care.

Gallant Closes Inaugural Fund

Gallant Capital Partners has held a final closing of its inaugural fund, Gallant Capital Partners I LP, with $378 million in capital commitments. The firm’s first fund closed at its hard-cap and was substantially oversubscribed,

Warburg Pincus and DTCP take controlling stake in UK’s Community Fibre

The investment will help the company expand its fibre broadband coverage from 100,000 to one million households and businesses across London by 2023, the firm said

Moneyball’s Billy Beane teams up with RedBird Capital to launch sports Spac

RedBall Acquisition aims to raise $500m to focus on businesses in sports, and sports-related media and data analytics

BC Partners set to take Italy’s IMA private in deal valuing the company at €2.9bn

The private equity firm will initially take a 20% stake in Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche (Sofima) – which owns 51.6% of IMA

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – The Bahamas 2020

Well before the Second World War, The Bahamas was already seen as a desirable place for persons with wealth to come and live. The Bahamas&' financial services industry didn&'t come first: what really came first

Eurazeo NAV down by 12% in H1

Listed private equity firm Eurazeo has reported a 12% drop in NAV in the first half of 2020, compared to the same figure at the end of 2019.

BC Partners backs Ima in €3.6bn deal

BC Partners has invested in Milan-listed company Ima, a listed Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery, in a deal valuing the company at €3.6bn.

Providence Strategic Growth invests in German cybersecurity provider

Launched in 2007, Hornetsecurity employs 200 people serving more than 40,000 customers

Signals Venture Capital leads €34m round for Everphone

Signals Venture Capital has led a €34m series-B funding round for Germany-based corporate mobile phone rental startup Everphone.

ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe are back over the $1tn milestone at the end of June 2020

Opalesque Industry Update - ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe reported net inflows of US$11.38 billion during June,

5 private equity fundraises LPs turned to during the coronavirus pandemic

As of March, most of the world had entered full-on panic mode. Countries were locking down, people were stocking up on toilet paper and the financial market was preparing for a shock. While waters have

Blackstone-backed Superbet acquires Lucky 7

Blackstone-backed Superbet has acquired a 60% stake in online casino Lucky 7.

Waterland buys majority stake in Leupold

Waterland Private Equity has wholly acquired packaging and folding carton producer Leupold as part of a succession solution for the company’s family owners.

BC Partners buys into automatic machine maker IMA at €2.93bn valuation

Global buyout house BC Partners has agreed to buy into automatic Italian machinery maker IMA through a stake purchase in current owner Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche (Sofima).

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