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
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
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
Tech-focused private equity investor Francisco Partners is reportedly eyeing up to $10bn for its latest flagship fundraise, with eyes on kicking off marketing later this year. The post Francisco Partners said to eye $10bn for
Ara Partners has followed last month's spectacular fundraising success with a deal for industrial gas compression and dispensing equipment Fluitron. The post Ara Partners follows spectacular Fund II close with Fluitron buyout first appeared on
Private equity major EQT has agreed to sell a majority stake in visa outsourcing services provider VFS Global to fellow buyout house Blackstone at a valuation believed to be over $2bn. EQT will retain a
Europe was home to 346 buyouts worth an aggregate EUR 69.8bn in the third quarter, marking a significant rebound on the comparable period last year, according to preliminary figures from Unquote Data.
Mid-market UK private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in transport management software provider Mandata to Tenzing. The post Booming transport management software business Manadata sold by LDC to Tenzing first appeared on AltAssets
Mid-market private equity house Corinthian Capital has named co-founder and partner C Kenneth Clay as managing partner of the firm ahead of the firm launching its third flagship fundraise later this year. The post Corinthian
Blackstone and Canadian pension fund OTPP are among a number of suitors this week looking to table non-binding bids for Vitruvian-backed UK specialist insurance agent CFC Underwriting, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Bettor Capital, a new venture capital firm targeting real-money online gaming, has raised more than $50m for a first close of its debut fund. The post Bettor Capital raises one of VC’s first funds dedicated
RA Capital has steamed ahead with its third private equity fundraise in two years to reach an impressive $880m final close. The post Fundraising surge continues at RA Capital as firm seals $880m for third
AIMPERA Capital Partners, the successor firm to American Infrastructure Funds, has raised more than $205m towards a new private equity fund targeting asset-rich operating businesses that provide essential services. The post AIMPERA Capital passes $205m
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: European software investor Main Capital Partners has raised EUR 1bn for Main Capital VII, as well as EUR 210m for Main Capital Foundation I, a new strategy that will focus on
By Gael Binot and Herve Chatot, respectively Emerging Markets Fixed Income Manager and Cross Asset Manager, La Francaise AM At the end of 2020, the European Union decided to revise its environmental objectives upwards b...Article
