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 by
Female private equity professionals in Europe and Africa continue to earn less than their male counterparts at partner, principal and associate levels, according to Heidrick & Struggles' 2021 EMEA Private Capital Compensation Survey.
Ares Management has agreed to buy a majority stake in utility-scale wind and solar facility developer Apex Clean Energy. The post US solar, wind development major Apex Clean Energy gets Ares Management backing first appeared
Rock Mountain Capital, the private equity firm launched by former Carlyle dealmaking veteran David Stonehill, has named a new CFO and COO. The post Rock Mountain Capital names Ottensoser as COO, CFO first appeared on
European venture capital house Eight Roads has hit a $450m final close for its latest flagship fund. The post Eight Roads hails ‘on fire’ European tech landscape amid $450m Fund IV close first appeared on
European buyout house Axcel has scored a fast exit of gaming headset and peripherals maker SteelSeries through a DKK8bn ($1.24bn) trade sale to GN Store Nord. The post Axcel seals rapid exit of gaming headset
European software investor Main Capital Partners has more than doubled its AUM to €2.2bn thanks to a hefty double fundraise which took less than four months. The post Main Capital more than doubles AUM to
Alternative real asset manager Harrison Street has soared to a $2bn hard cap close for its latest flagship real estate fundraise. The post Harrison Street brings post-Covid outbreak fundraising to $6.9bn with hefty new fund
LibreMax Capital, an asset management firm specializing in structured products and corporate credit, has hit a $225m final close of its fifth drawdown vehicle. The post LibreMax raises $225m private lending fund, eyes ‘attractive opportunity
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards, held last night in London.
Graycliff Partners has completed an equity investment and recapitalisation of CHawk Technology International, a maker of precision components and assemblies for the semiconductor capital equipment, aerospace, and medical device industries. The post Graycliff Partners picks
Europe was home to a record number of deals in the first nine months of the year, with Unquote estimating that the aggregate value of investments could approach EUR 400bn by year-end.
Acon Investments has agreed to sell the industrial segment of specialist print consumables business International Imaging Materials to trade buyer Armor USA. The post Acon sells off industrial segment of IIMAK, three years after buyout
Vista Credit Partners has hit a $2.3bn final close for Vista Credit Partners Fund III, beating its original $1.5bn target. The post Vista’s credit arm surfs past target to close third fund on $2.3bn first
Global private equity major Permira has led a $150m Series E round for customer data infrastructure company mParticle in the wake of massive adoption in the wake of Covid-19. The post Huge post-Covid growth for
A lightning fundraise from Thomas H Lee Partners has seen the firm strike a $5.6bn hard cap final close for its ninth flagship fund after just three months in the market. The post Lightning $5.6bn
KKR has hit a $4.3bn final close for its third US-focused opportunistic real estate fund, more than double the size of its predecessor in the strategy. The post KKR boosts opportunistic real estate capital to
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global investment firm KKR closed a $4.3 billion fund dedicated to investing in underperforming real estate mainly in the United States. The KKR Real Estate Partners Americas III (REPA III) wi...Article
After early investors flee SPAC deals, day traders rush in From WSJ: Day traders are targeting some companies that recently closed SPAC mergers, reinvigorating some of the meme-stock excitement that helped make such deals popular
