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Month: October 2020

Brightstar Capital Partners acquires 75% stake in technology developer Brightstar

Brightstar Capital Partners (BCP) has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Brightstar, which builds end-to-end device lifecycle management solutions.

The Carlyle Group acquires majority stake in Calastone

Private equity giant The Carlyle Group has acquired a majority stake in global funds network Calastone from Octopus Ventures and Accel.

Lunar raises €40m in series-C funding

Digital bank Lunar has raised €40m in series-C funding from existing investors.

Cornerstone Capital exits EppsteinFoils to trade

Cornerstone Capital has sold Germany-based metal foils producer EppsteinFoils to Switzerland-based market peer Artum.

Carlyle snaps up majority stake in funds network Calastone

The London-headquartered firm provides automated order routing, settlement, dividend and transfer services to asset and fund managers

Lorax Capital Partners pulls in $142m for its sophomore fund

Lorax Capital Partners has pulled in $142m for its sophomore fund and has named Apex Group to supply administration and corporate services.

UCITS and AIFs continue to record net inflows in August

Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for August 2020.

Atwater invests in EQT-backed Freepik

Atwater Capital has acquired a minority stake in EQT-backed Freepik, a Spanish provider of digital visual content.

Lobby group for Black women urges firms to ‘go beyond solidarity statements’

The 300-strong group calls asset managers to build an anti-racist portfolio, divesting from companies that benefit from business models that perpetuate racial inequities

Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Partnering for portfolio management

Unquote has partnered with Rutland Partners to record a special podcast on tactics for superior portfolio management, and to get the firm's view of the current market.

Dunkin’ reportedly in talks with PE-backed group to go private

The deal worth $8.8bn with Inspire Brands, owned by private equity firm Roark Capital, would delist the coffee and doughnuts chain

Private equity smashes its campaign-spending record with 2020 races

Employees of investment firms spent about $132m on political races through September

London finance job vacancies tumble 54% on Covid and Brexit concerns

'Businesses and job seekers are struggling with the impact of the pandemic and worried about what a second wave will mean, but we also can’t forget about Brexit,' said Morgan McKinley

UK pension funds to boost renewables, survey finds

The survey found that nearly 70% of pension funds plan to increase their allocations to renewables over the next five years

Global leveraged buyouts come roaring back after coronavirus-related lull

In the three months ended 30 September firms struck $146bn of new deals globally, up from a feeble $53.3bn in the second quarter

Jon Moulton warns of Brexit impact on private equity

As the private equity veteran prepares to bow out, he talks about some of the highs and lows of his 40-plus years in the industry

Private equity investor Centerbridge Partners backs Syncapay’s acquisition of Wirecard North America

From: FinTech Global Syncapay has announced that it has bought Wirecard North America, marking another page in the story of the collapse of the scandal-ridden former FinTech giant. Wirecard imploded this summer after a suspected

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