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Investcorp acquires industrial portfolio in Wales

Acquisition is the firm’s 11th property investment in the UK since launching its European real estate business in 2017

How investors can tap into the €100bn CDMO market

An estimated 25% of global drug production is in the hands of little-known players CDMOs, making them indispensable for industry, global healthcare systems and patients - not least during Covid. Navigating this terrain is tricky,

Tikehau launches SPAC to invest in financial services sector

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital will launch a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to invest in the European financial services sector.

Tikehau Capital to join private equity SPAC boom with European financial services-focused vehicle

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital is jumping on the Special Purpose Acquisition Company train by announcing its intention to sponsor a vehicle focued on the European financial services sector.

Dutch SPAC ESG Core Investments raises €250m

ESG Core Investments has become the first European special purpose acquisition company to go public in 2021.

Cancel culture: should govvies held by central bank be torn up?

Thomas Piketty and 100 other economists from across Europe put their signatures to an op-ed this week calling for the ECB to cancel its holdings of government debt. GlobalCapital debates whether it is radical but

Bain Capital and Pantheon form direct lending JV

The firms will provide private direct-lending solutions to middle-market borrowers, primarily across Europe and Australia

Call for nominations: Private Equity Rising Stars list

Private Equity News and its sister publication Financial News are looking for promising young executives working in the European buyout industry

Meet Europe’s top 10 private equity lawyers

Latham & Watkins partner Farah O'Brien topped the list of private equity deal lawyers

Private equity specialist Adragos Pharma brings in serial entrepreneur Otto Prange as general partner

Specialist private equity investor Adragos Pharma has brought in serial-entrepreneur and large family office head Otto Prange as general partner and investment committee chair.

Zubr Capital, EBRD exit Targetprocess

Zubr Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have sold their stakes in enterprise planning software Targetprocess to US-based Appito, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners.

Cancelling ECB holdings is the radicalism we need

Thomas Piketty and 100 economists from across Europe put their signatures to an op-ed this week calling for the ECB to cancel its holdings of government debt. ECB president Christine Lagarde said such a move

European inflation sizzle set to fizzle

Eurozone inflation leapt up in January, steepening curves and fuelling feverish demand for long-end bond issues. But the move lacks the vigour and commitment of the US reflation trade and economists expect it to subside

IPO candidate IVC Evidensia gets private funding

IVC Evidensia, Europe’s largest veterinary care provider, backed by Swedish private equity firm EQT, has announced the results of a private equity capital raising on Tuesday. The company was reported to be considering a London

ECB debt forgiveness would unleash chaos

Calls for the European Central Bank to forgive the sovereign debt on its balance sheet may seem harmless, given that most countries are not expected to ever pay off the debt. But such a move

Green equity issuance ready to come of age

Renewable energy companies have rushed to the European equity capital markets in 2021 to issue about $2.3bn of paper, according to Dealogic data. The figure is by far the best ever start to a year

Tikehau raises €100m for impact lending fund

The vehicle, which targets European SMEs, is expected to raise up to €400m

Tikehau raises €100m for impact lending fund

The vehicle, which targets European SMEs, is expected to raise up to €400m

BlackRock to acquire pensions software firm Aquila Heywood

The transaction is the second investment in Europe of BlackRock's $3.4bn Long-Term Private Capital fund

BlackRock to acquire pensions software firm Aquila Heywood

The transaction is the second investment in Europe of BlackRock's $3.4bn Long-Term Private Capital fund

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