Atar Capital has acquired WinCup, a manufacturer of disposable foodservice supplies, from BlackRock. WinCup’s products include dine-in and to-go cups, bowls, containers, lids, straws, and stirrers. The company sells its products across all foodservice channels
RTIC Outdoors, an online seller of coolers, has been acquired by Wind Point Partners. RTIC uses an eCommerce-based direct-to-consumer model to sell its coolers, tumblers, bottles, travel bags, and other products to outdoor enthusiasts. The
Compass Diversified has hired Katie Melzer as a managing director and head of business development. Prior to joining Compass Diversified (CODI), Ms. Melzer spent more than 15 years at Robert W. Baird, most recently serving
European Commission president is set to announce a new emissions reduction target
The bank is facing pressures to cut costs as profits are squeezed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which will force the bank to book billions in bad loans as the crisis drags on
The initiative, named Apollo Impact, will focus on economic opportunity; education, health, safety and wellness; industrial modernisation and resource sustainability
The London Stock Exchange is reviewing ways to ignite its market for such offerings, according to a person familiar with the matter
Move comes after former chief resigned last month amid an internal investigation into his shares in private equity manager
Apax France has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Groupe Crystal, a French investment and asset management consultancy.
Danish backup software provider KeepIt has raised $30m in a series-A round led by UK-based growth investor One Peak.
Opalesque Industry Update - The gross return of the SS C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for August 2020 measured 1.74%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced
Opalesque Industry Update - The global hedge fund industry continues to climb out of the turmoil created by the Covid-19 pandemic. The industry gained an average of +2.5% in August, bringing the year to date
Opalesque Industry Update - The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 1.13% in August, underperforming the 1.54% monthly return of the HFRX
Canadian private equity house Novacap has scored its second buyout of the week after agreeing to pick up a majority stake in insurance business GroupAssur.
Imap M&A Consultants has hired Ruta Hildebrand as a partner in its Munich-based healthcare-focused team.
Spanish GP Talde Private Equity has launched a new fund with a €150m target, Talde Capital Crecimiento II, which has already raised €55m after only two weeks on the road.
Ralph Heuwing is the firm's new partner and head of the German-speaking region
PAI Partners has hired former Knorr-Bremse CFO Ralph Heuwing as a partner and head of DACH.
BGF has invested £2.6m in marketing technology company MRM Global.
Lafayette Mittelstand Capital has acquired in a carve-out PPM Reinstmetalle Osterwieck from its insolvent parent company PPM Metals, a subsidiary of France-based Recyclex, effective as of 1 August 2020.
