OMERS Private Equity has signed an agreement to acquire Lifeways, a provider of supported living services for adults with learning disabilities in the UK, from August Equity. Lifeways management will re-invest substantially alongside OMERS. According
FPE Capital has acquired UK-based employee benefits software Zest from fintech support service Fintel.
European private equity major Cinven is reportedly eyeing more than $12bn for its latest flagship private equity fundraise, just two years after closing its €10bn Fund VII. The post Cinven said to eye new $12bn
Palatine Private Equity has agreed to sell UK independent financial adviser Wren Sterling to US investor Lightyear Capital and the management team.
Linklaters partner reveals all on the nine-month process to taking Wise public
US buyout house Apollo is reportedly in talks to join a consortium led by Fortress Investment Group that last month agreed a £9.5m takeover of UK supermarket chain Morrisons. The post Apollo in talks to
Software and services-focused private equity investor FPE Capital has exited its investment in Microsoft Dynamics 365 partner TNP to trade buyer Node4. The post Latest in string of FPE Capital exits sees all Fund II
Asset management major Schroders Capital has hit the €1bn hard cap for its second European infrastructure debt fund - almost three times the size of its debut in the strategy. The post Schroders Capital soars
McLaren Group, a UK-based luxury car group, has agreed a GBP 550m equity fundraising led by Ares Management and Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF).
Rothschild & Co has added Timothy Lufkin to its investment banking team as a managing director in its financial sponsors group. Mr. Lufkin joins the firm after serving as a managing director in the financial
Nordic Capital has acquired a majority stake in UK-based financial data software platform Duco in a deal that will see CME Ventures, Insight Partners and Eight Roads Ventures sell their stakes in the company.
CVC Credit has provided the debt facilities to support Livingbridge’s recent acquisition of World of Books, a UK-based online reseller of secondhand books, from Bridges Fund Management.
Revolut, a UK-based payments and banking platform, has raised USD 800m in its Series E funding round at a valuation of USD 33bn.
The UK is the cheapest major global stock market by some distance,” Morgan Stanley analysts say
UK private equity firm Phoenix Equity Partners has made four promotions following a record number of deals done since January. The post Phoenix Equity makes four promotions amid record dealmaking year so far first appeared
Berlin-headquartered Project A Ventures has opened in London its first international office, with the aim of establishing a local presence for future UK investments.
Rule changes on dual-class share structures and free float requirements are intended to make the City more attractive
Newly established Eka Ventures has held a final close on GBP 68m for its inaugural early-stage impact fund focused on the UK.
Newly launched private equity house Pitalia Capital will deploy a GBP 50m fund to back small to medium-sized businesses across the UK.
Bidders for UK-based grocer WM Morrison could find it difficult to justify a much higher offer than the 254 pence per share offer tabled by Softbank subsidiary Fortress, two sources familiar with the situation said.
