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Luxembourg slices 6bp from spread in sustainability debut

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg launched Europe’s first sovereign sustainability bond to big demand on Monday morning, allowing the sovereign to bring the spread in by 6bp during pricing.

CPP Investments appoints former French railway company CEO as senior adviser

The groups investment portfolio in Europe makes up 15.5% of the pension plan’s total investments

Huawei: the Schuldschein deal that never was

Huawei Technologies, sanctioned by the US and now having its participation in the UK's 5G network questioned by the government, looked into raising hundreds of millions of euros in the Schuldschein market two years ago.

Bd-capital seals debut deal with the acquisition of UK’s Symprove

The firm, launched last year, is investing between €25m and €150m in pan-European mid-market businesses

Nauta Tech Invest V holds €120m first close

Pan-European venture capital specialist Nauta Capital has held a €120m first close for its fifth fund, Nauta Tech Invest V.

Highland leads £20m round for Farewill

Highland Europe has led a £20m funding round for online probate service Farewill.

CPP Investments appoints SNCF’s Pepy as senior adviser

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has appointed Guillaume Pepy as senior adviser for Europe.

Forbion holds first close for Growth Opportunities Fund

Life-sciences-focused venture capital firm Forbion has held a first close on €185m for its Growth Opportunities Fund, which will focus on investments at a later stage than the firm's previous vehicles in European biotech companies.

Osivax raises €33m from EIC and BPI France

French clinical stage biotechnology company Osivax has raised €32.6m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) and BPI France.

Nauta Capital nears €500m AUM thanks to Fund V first close, reveals debut deal from new vehicle

Nauta Capital has brought its assets under management to almost €500m through the first close of latest venture capital investment fund.

LGT Capital gets double fund commitment from British Business Bank unit through £500m investment programme

The British Business Bank has made its largest commitment to date from its £500m managed funds programme, by committing to a pair of LGT Capital Partners fundraises.

Another hire for Keensight sees Stéphane Jamin bolster portfolio performance team

European private equity house Keensight Capital has bolstered its portfolio performance team by bringing in Stéphane Jamin as a director.

Conditionality at stake on EU recovery fund

The EU’s proposed recovery fund is expected to be presented to the summit of European leaders on July 17-18 with the size unchanged from the proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, although the

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

HY issuance heats up in last weeks before summer

High yield bond issuance is coming thick and fast in Europe, with new deals for Autodis, Avantor and Diebold Nixdorf announced on Tuesday and Verisure following on Wednesday. Banks have cleared most of their pre-Covid

European real estate returns take a hit in the first quarter amid Covid-19

The performance of unlisted funds in the first quarter was the lowest since the last quarter of 2012, data by Inrev reveals

Silver Lake buys HR software Silae

Silver Lake has wholly acquired France-based payroll and HR software business Silae in its first European acquisition of 2020.

KKR brings in retiring LaSalle IM Europe chairman Simon Marrison as senior advisor

KKR has hired the chairman of LaSalle Investment Management's European business, Simon Marrison, who is set to retire from the company after 19 years.

Capza, Amiral Gestion speed to €400m ‘one and done’ close for third joint debt fundraise

European investment house Capza and asset manager Amiral Gestion have hit a €400m first and final close for their third joint fundraise through their Artemid subsidiary.

KKR hires LaSalle IM chairman to advise on European real estate investments

As the US buyout group continues its push into European real estate, Simon Marrison will join as senior adviser

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