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Heal Capital, EBRD in $10.25m series-A for Infermedica

Heal Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have led a $10.25m series-A funding round for Infermedica, a Poland-based digital health company specialising in AI-powered solutions for preliminary diagnosis and patient triage.

Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven’s Robinson

Aberdeen Standard Investments has hired Chris Robinson to its European private equity team.

Ex-Cinven exec Robinson boosts Aberdeen Standard Investments’ European private equity team

Global investment giant Aberdeen Standard Investments has boosted its private equity capabilities by bringing in former Cinven exec Chris Robinson for its European operation.

AA in talks with private equity firms over potential refinancing

The group said it is in talks with Centerbridge Partners Europe and TowerBrook Capital Partners; Platinum Equity Advisors; and Warburg Pincus International

Benelux dethroned by Nordics as world’s top-performing private equity market

The Nordic region has become the world's top-performing private equity market, helping Western Europe consolidate its position at the top of the global PE tree, new research has revealed.

Riskiest bonds are on the rise in Europe

High-yield bond issuance to finance acquisitions has picked up in recent weeks in Europe, ending a nearly five-month lull

Europe on course for highest rate of corporate debt defaults since 2008

Moody’s expects the corporate debt default rate in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to reach 6.2% in 12 months – the highest level since the financial crisis

Advent, Cinven complete €17.2bn Thyssenkrupp elevator unit buyout signed before Covid-19 pandemic

Global private equity giants Advent and Cinven have closed their €17.2bn takeover of Thyssenkrupp's sought-after elevators business, one of the biggest buyout deals to be completed since full force of the coronavirus pandemic struck.

DACH buyout market weathers Covid-19 impact, UK and France suffer

Not all European buyout markets were affected equally by coronavirus lockdowns in Q2, with DACH emerging as the busiest region while its neighbours saw little activity, according to Unquote Data.

Ardian buys French insurance broker Finaxy from Equistone Partners Europe

Ardian has bought a majority stake in Finaxy, a French multi-specialist B2B and B2C insurance broker, from fellow private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe.

Ardian buys Finaxy from Equistone

Ardian has acquired a majority stake in French insurance broker Finaxy from Equistone Partners Europe.

Europe’s VC firms defy Covid-19 woes with deal surge – with one region even on track to beat record 2019 total

Europe's venture capital industry has staged a remarkable fightback against the coronavirus-induced market slump by posting one of the largest dealmaking totals on record in Q2.

First-time VC deals threatened post-Covid as investors focus on extension rounds

The quantity of first-time rounds in Europe has been declining since 2014, according to PitchBook, which expects extension rounds to proliferate in the current environment

Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital's Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital's Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up on its one

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Bellecapital’s Eiger Fund outperforms during a trying first year

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: A new fund is capitalizing on the opportunities in European small-cap and mid-cap equities. Zurich-based Bellecapital&`s Belle Core Europe Eiger Fund is coming up o...Article Link

Gallant Closes Inaugural Fund

Gallant Capital Partners has held a final closing of its inaugural fund, Gallant Capital Partners I LP, with $378 million in capital commitments. The firm’s first fund closed at its hard-cap and was substantially oversubscribed,

ETFGI reports that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe are back over the $1tn milestone at the end of June 2020

Opalesque Industry Update - ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed in Europe reported net inflows of US$11.38 billion during June,

AMB :- Antin Infrastructure Partners raises $7.63bn for the fourth fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Europe-based infrastructure investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners has wrapped up its fourth fund at its €6.5 billion ($7.63 billion) hard cap. The vehicle, Antin Infrastructure Partn...Article Link

CD&R Partners with Cheney Brothers

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has made an investment in Cheney Brothers, a family-owned and operated regional food distributor. In partnership with CD&R, the Cheney family remain majority owners of the company, while Byron Russell, grandson

Thompson Street Exits Lab Platform

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) has sold Analytical Lab Group to Element Materials Technology, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Capital. Analytical Lab Group (ALG) provides FDA- and EPA-focused microbiology testing services to the healthcare, drug,

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