How private equity firms could’ve been supported by tax money aimed at helping SMEs through Covid-19

Private equity firms with stakes in the US healthcare industry could have managed to tap into federal bailout money designed to give small businesses a lifeline through the pandemic. A new data dump of data

HIG Capital buys Project Informatica

HIG Capital has acquired a controlling stake in Italian IT specialist Project Informatica from founder and CEO Alberto Ghisleni, who will reinvest alongside the GP and continue to lead the company.

Bregal Sagemount co-founder Kim joins HKW as partner to help spearhead tech sector push

US private equity house HKW has hired Bregal Sagemount co-founder Daniel Kim as its latest partner.

Here’s what the stats say about LP and GP activity during the coronavirus

The impact of the coronavirus crisis is likely to be felt around the world for years to come, with the economic aftermath potentially outstripping the 2008 financial crash. And that uncertainty over how the future

Impact investor Durreen Shahnaz: ‘we must go beyond social bonds’

Durreen Shahnaz is founder and chief executive of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which calls itself the world’s first social stock exchange. She tells GlobalCapital about how we can rebuild a better economy, with the help

KKR Appoints Simon Marrison as Senior Advisor for Real Estate in Europe

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the appointment of Simon Marrison as a Senior Advisor, effective Sept 7th 2020. In his role, Mr. Marrison will advise KKR on real estate investments

Warren Sees Green in Arborist Platform

Warren Equity has closed two acquisitions in the arborist services sector with the buys of Gunnison Tree Services and New Urban Forestry. Gunnison Tree Services is a provider of tree and vegetation management services to

HKW Closes Third Fresh Direct Add-On

Fresh Direct Produce, a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce and a portfolio company of HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Organics. Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of organic fruits

Charlesbank’s New Credit Fund Hits Hard Cap

Charlesbank Capital Partners has held a $700 million, oversubscribed, and hard cap closing of Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II LP. The new fund’s original target was $500 million. Fund II has more than 30 institutional

DACH fundraising update: H2 2020 pipeline

Although the coronavirus pandemic has set back plans for many GPs, a number of mid-market and small-cap buyout vehicles are on the road in the DACH region, along with several venture capital funds. Harriet Matthews

Resource Partners sells Golpasz to trade

Resource Partners is in the process of selling its stake in Polish compound feed company Golpasz to De Heus Animal Nutrition, a Netherlands-based animal nutrition company.

Charlesbank Capital Partners smashes its $500m target by raising $700m for its Credit Opportunities Fund II

Middle-market private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has closed its Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II after crushing its $500m target by receiving LP commitments in excess of its $700m hard cap. The new round is

Platinum Enters Digital Cinema Sector

Platinum Equity has acquired the digital film distribution business of Deluxe Entertainment in partnership with the company’s former CEO Cyril Drabinsky. Deluxe was founded in 1915 as a film processing lab within Fox Film Corporation.

Oaktree’s Watco Buys Short Lines from Dow

Watco Companies, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital, has agreed to acquire the short line rail assets and related equipment of six North American manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical. Watco is a provider of transportation

Hg buys majority stake in German software provider F24

The deal was made via Hg's £575m fund, which is aiming to help accelerate F24’s international growth through a buy-and-build strategy

CVC shatters Fund VIII goal to haul in mammoth €21.3bn from LPs

CVC Capital Partners has raised one of the biggest private equity funds of all time by hauling in a reported €21.3bn for a final close for its eighth flagship fundraise.

Vortus backs energy player Alchemist to help upstream oil, gas companies ride out market instability

Energy-focused private equity house Vortus Investment Advisors has partnered up with Alchemist Energy to help upstream oil and gas players wait out market volatility.

Top-line structures in GP-stake deals could carry risks for firms and investors

Top-line deals risk putting the interests of the investor and the firm at odds, industry executives say

Shinhan Group funds Covid-19 relief with $500m bond

Shinhan Financial Group raised $500m from a Covid-19 resilience social bond on Monday, finding support from investors keen to buy deals sold to help businesses and people impacted by the pandemic.

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