O2 Investment Partners Announces Appointment of Derek Wardlaw, Head of Business Development
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B. G., Opalesque Geneva: The goal of the active manager is to outperform the overall market. Not all of them did so in 2020 when the S&P 500 ended the year up more than 18%.
Caller identification software developer Truecaller has listed on the Nasdaq in Stockholm; the company is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Atomico.
Hellman & Friedman (H&F) has matched the EUR 3.36bn (EUR 470 per share) offer made for EQT for Frankfurt-listed online pet products retailer Zooplus.
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds gained in September, navigating a volatile month paced by sharp declines in global equities and fixed income, as inflationary pressures continued to mount. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index
Seed-stage venture capital firm NFX has soared to a $450m final close for its third fundraise since it was launched in 2015. The post Seed, pre-seed specialist NFX raises one of sector’s largest funds to
UK buyout house Permira has agreed to acquire reimbursement software Motus from fellow private equity firm Thoma Bravo. The post Permira acquires reimbursement software Motus from Thoma Bravo to capitalize on flexible working trend first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Hellman & Friedman has upped its offer for German online pet supplies retailer Zooplus again to €3.36bn to match a rival bid from fellow private equity house EQT. Hellman previously had a €3bn offer for
Summa Equity is to sell waste and wastewater pump service Lakers to listed construction services and infrastructure holding Vestum for SEK 2bn (EUR 197m).
European private equity managers closed funds totalling EUR 105.5bn in commitments between January and September, a 30% increase on the average amount raised in comparable periods over the previous four years.
Global buyout giant Blackstone has hired Amisha Parekh from Bloomberg as global head of ESG for private equity. The firm said Parekh will be a managing director within the firm’s portfolio operations group leading ESG
Learning and training-focused private equity house Renovus Capital Partners has backed higher education marketing, enrolment management and student success coaching business EducationDynamics. The post Renovus Capital backs college marketing, enrolment services specialist EducationDynamics first appeared
Buyout giant Apollo Global has backed the launch of HarbourView Equity Partners, a global alternative asset manager focused on the media and entertainment space. The post Apollo backs launch of media, entertainment investment firm HarbourView
One of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds has teamed with PCP Capital Partners to buy British football club Newcastle United. The post Giant Saudi sovereign fund teams with PCP Capital for Newcastle United Football
Finberg, the Turkish corporate venture capital firm backed by Fibabanka and Fiba Group, is looking to raise USD 25m for its newly established Innovative Fintech and Retail Tech Solutions (IFR) fund, according to CEO Ihsan
The $36.1bn-managing San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System has picked a string of venture capital funds as its latest swathe of commitments. The post New Sofinnova, Lightspeed fundraises among latest San Francisco City
