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Month: July 2020

KKR sells Papresa to Quantum

KKR has sold newsprint paper manufacturer Papresa to German private equity firm Quantum Capital Partners.

LDC in exclusive talks to acquire Excell – report

LDC is in exclusive talks to acquire unified communications group Excell, according to a report by Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

Core Industrial Partners created new plaftform business with Incodema, Newcut buyouts

Chicago-based private equity house Core Industrial Partners has completed the buyouts of Incodema and Newcut to launch a new business specialising in metal sheet engineering and photo-chemical etching.

Permira buys majority stake in EF Kids & Teens

Permira has acquired a majority stake in Switzerland-headquartered EF Kids & Teens, a company that runs English language schools and online courses in China, from parent company EF Education First.

OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has led a $50m series-C for risk analysis software company ComplyAdvantage.

Ex-Blackstone senior exec Akazhanov joins HIG Capital as Advantage Fund managing director

Former Blackstone senior exec Timur Akazhanov has been brought in by HIG Capital as a managing director of the firm's Capital’s Advantage Fund.

D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise

D1 Capital Partners and Lone Pine Capital, joined by other investors, have acquired $319m worth of shares in a secondary share sale that values payments company Transferwise at $5bn.

TZP Group names two new partners amid string of hires

New York private equity house TZP Group has revealed a pair of new partners among a string of new hires at the firm.

IGI holds €170m final close for sixth fund

Italian GP IGI Private Equity has held a €170m final close for its sixth fund, IGI Investimenti Sei, surpassing its €150m target.

DW Healthcare Partners sells home, residential care provider Caregiver after five-year hold

DW Healthcare Partners has agreed the sale of home and residential care business Caregiver after a five-year hold.

THL Partners seals quick Juvare exit to Rothschild private equity arm, two years after Intermedix spin-out

Rothschild's private equity arm Five Arrows has picked up critical incident preparedness and response software company Juvare from Thomas H Lee Partners.

Fashion victims: GPs face a tough year in the clothing & accessories sector

Fashion has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in depressed M&A trends for the foreseeable future and a tough road ahead for GPs exposed to the industry. Alessia Argentieri

Permira picks up EF’s China, Indonesia kids English language teaching unit, deal pegged at about $1.5bn

Private equity major Permira has sealed a buyout of EF Education First's children's English language education unit at a reported valuation of about $1.5bn.

Ex-Mastercard CEO, president Lockhart brings expertise to Blackstone as senior advisor

Former Mastercard president and CEO Gene Lockhart has been hired by Blackstone as a senior advisor, with a focus on the firm's growth equity and opportunistic investment units.

Massachusetts pension posts a pandemic-related private equity loss

The pandemic resulted in an 8.3% decline in the value of private-equity investments held by the Massachusetts state pension fund

Barclays’ China fund middleman quizzed in Staveley case

Lawyers for Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners pressed Kenneth Griffin on whether he ever acted as a principal investor

Canyon Bridge’s Kuo: Globalisation is needed to boost growth after lockdown

Countries must resist becoming protectionist if the world economy is to emerge from its Covid-19-induced slowdown

2008 vs 2020: The lessons private equity needs to learn…and unlearn

Hindsight shows that investments made during the 2008 credit crunch delivered strong returns for many general partners

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