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Video: arduous road for emerging managers, says British Patient Capital's Connatty

Ian Connatty, head of funds at British Patient Capital, updates Denise Ko Genovese on the investments made by the LP in 2020, and shares his take on the current VC landscape.

MLL auction process begins – report

The sale process for Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL) has begun, according to Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.

Other Voices: UK private equity: horizon scanning for 2021

By: Simon Beddow and Ian Ivory, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner In a year dominated by the pandemic, it is easy to lose sight of some of the more granular legal developments and trends coming over

AMB :- Other Voices: UK private equity: horizon scanning for 2021

By: Simon Beddow and Ian Ivory, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner In a year dominated by the pandemic, it is easy to lose sight of some of the more granular legal developments and trends coming over

EU negotiator en route to London for Friday evening Brexit talks

The UK’s transition period is set to end on 31 December, leaving just five weeks for a deal to be agreed

Schroder British Opportunities raises £75m, missing £250m target

When launched the strategy, the company said the pandemic and other macro factors would create an increased need by UK companies for fresh equity, and that a proactive public and private equity investment would generate

Montagu Private Equity revealed to be in talks with takeover of Capita unit ESS, deal could exceed £500m

Business process outsourcing specialist Capita Plc has confirmed it has entered exclusive talks with UK private equity Montagu over a potential buyout of its Education Software Solutions business.

Covid online shopping boost sparks Revlifter growth as VC pair invest

Gresham House Ventures and Maven Capital Partners have backed growing e-commerce deals business RevLifter.

Pandemic spurs UK companies to tap London equity market at fastest pace in over a decade

Companies on the London Stock Exchange have raised over £26bn this year

What a Biden administration means for British fintech

Wall Street veterans, the battle with big tech and a new immigration policy will all be part of Biden's new fintech playbook

‘Desperate times need desperate measures’ – City reacts to UK’s Spending Review

'Today isn’t the right time for tax rises', but they are coming

EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

Posted by Robert Eccles (University of Oxford), Therese Lennehag (EQT Partners), and Nina Nornholm (EQT Partners), on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Editor's Note: Robert G. Eccles is Visiting Professor of Management Practice at Oxford University

Secondaries specialist Keyhaven scores 1.7x return on PIC investment

Secondaries private equity specialist Keyhaven Capital has sealed a 1.7x return selling its minority stake in UK-based Pensions Insurance Corporation.

Private equity firms to pay down The AA’s heavy debt after agreeing £219m buyout of the roadside recovery business

UK roadside recovery business The AA has agreed to be bought by private equity houses Warburg Pincus and Towerbrook Capital Partners at a £219m valuation.

Permira's Exclusive Group bolts on Nuaware

Permira portfolio company Exclusive Group has acquired UK-based cloud technology business Nuaware.

Brexit committee chair Benn slams waste of ‘time, effort and cost’ for UK finance sector

Johnson’s government has failed 'to understand the scale of the change and to prepare for it'

CEO diversity takes a hit – do boards prefer ‘older white males’ in a crisis?

Recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles also found that 83% of chief executive hires in the UK this year already had C-suite experience

Synova buys insurance broker JM Glendinning

Synova Capital has acquired UK-based insurance broker JM Glendinning (JMG).

Japanese bank SMBC takes $30m stake in UK fintech firm OakNorth

The deal is at a discount to OakNorth’s overall valuation, compared with its most recent $440m financing round by SoftBank

Private equity ESG reports still ‘too superficial’ for LPs’ taste

Institutional investors call out the buyout industry for 'greenwashing' – in the same week that the UK government announced an ambitious green investment plan

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