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Month: November 2020

LDC mandates Rothschild to sell Adey – report

LDC has mandated Rothschild to sell water treatment products manufacturer Adey, according to a report by Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

KKR backs CMC Machinery

US-based private equity firm KKR has invested in Italian packaging machinery manufacturer CMC Machinery.

Dawn, Tiger Global lead $38.5m series-A in Harbr

Dawn Capital and Tiger Global Management have led a $38.5m series-A funding round for enterprise data exchange company Harbr.

PE firms criticized for not responding to triple crises of climate change, COVID-19, and racial injustice

Opalesque Industry Update - According to a new report about the private equity (PE) industry, the majority of PE firms are not doing enough to take systematic risks seriously in both their business operations and

Taylor Swift fails in attempt to regain catalogue rights as Shamrock Capital seals $300m deal

Pop music icon Taylor Swift has failed in her attempt to regain control of her own music back-catalogue after it was sold to to private equity house Shamrock Capital in a reported $300m deal.

Q4 Fundraising Pipeline: Nordic

Unquote compiles a roundup of the most notable fundraises ongoing across the Nordic market in the buyout and venture segments, with the latest available intel for each vehicle.

Eight Roads, Balderton lead $30m series-B round for Tibber

Norwegian energy supplier Tibber has closed a $30m series-B round led Eight Roads Ventures and Balderton Capital.

Secondaries PE major Landmark Partners could be put on block by owner at about $1bn valuation

Secondaries private equity major Landmark Partners could reportedly be put on the block by owner BrightSphere Investment Group with hopes of a $1bn valuation.

Montagu to acquire ISI from Citic

Montagu Private Equity has agreed to acquire business intelligence provider ISI Emerging Markets Group.

French drug giant Sanofi invests in biotech, biopharma VC house Jeito Capital

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has made a €50m investment in biotech and biopharma venture investment house Jeito Capital.

London’s stock market is shrinking faster than European rivals

The relative high cost of raising public equity capital compared with private equity markets has been a main driver of the shrinkage of London’s equity markets, economics consultancy Oxera’s findings showed

Private equity trio complete €5.3bn Masmovil take-private deal

A trio of private equity majors have completed a €5.3bn buyout of listed Spanish telecoms operator Masmovil.

ICG’s profit recovers, remains ‘cautious’ on outlook for rest of this year

The group’s total assets under management rose from €41.1bn in the six months to 30 September 2019 to €46.1bn this year

NextView Ventures seals big fund size jump for fourth flagship seed investment vehicle

Seed capital investor NextView Ventures has scored a big fund size jump by pulling in almost $90m for its target-beating fourth fund.

Mid-market firms expect strong recovery even as pandemic pain lingers

On a WSJ Pro Private Equity panel, dealmakers and portfolio companies described how they got through the pandemic and what lies ahead

China’s fintech sector is failing to secure VC funding

China is usually ranked among the world’s top hubs for fintech investment, alongside the US and UK

EQT buys majority stake in SaaS provider Thinkproject

The company provides construction intelligence solutions for the architecture, engineering, construction and owner-operated industry in Europe

Preqin: Investors to increase allocations to alternatives by 2025

Opalesque Industry Update - Historic outperformance from alternative assets funds and expectations of continued low returns in traditional asset classes, especially fixed income, are the main forces driving investors to allocate more capital to alternative

US Bank opens Luxembourg office for fund services

Opalesque Industry Update - U.S. Bank today announced the opening of their Luxembourg office, which provides fund accounting and administration, domiciliation, depositary and custody-related services for Luxembourg-domiciled funds. ?amp;euro;?Didier Delvaux, who joined U.S. Bank earlier

Taylor Swift Denounces Scooter Braun as Her Catalog Is Sold Again

The music manager acquired the rights to the pop superstar’s first six albums as part of a deal with her former label, Big Machine. Now he has sold them to the investment firm Shamrock Capital.

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