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Felix Capital brings in ex-Facebook, Vitruvian Partners execs as it celebrates five years of VC investing

UK private equity house Felix Capital has brought in former Facebook exec Angela Chou and Vitruvian Partners' Joseph Pizzolato as its latest investment professionals.

Triton Partners soars past target for second debt fund amid Covid-19 dealmaking opportunity

European private equity house Triton Partners has soared past its target for its second debt opportunities fund to reach a €744m final close.

Inflexion to tap tech and training experience in build-out of new investment Sparta Global

UK private equity house Inflexion has made a majority investment in tech and training services provider Sparta Global.

PineBridge Investments boosts operations with Benson Elliot Capital Management buyout

Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has agreed to buy UK-based private equity real estate fund manager Benson Elliot Capital Management.

BVCA summit: fund financing boom necessitates tailoring

Speaking on a panel at the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) summit, representatives from 17Capital, Wafra, Travers Smith and Permira discussed the positive and negative aspects of a rapidly growing fund financing

BC Partners said to hit halfway point for €8.5bn-targeting Fund XI

London-based buyout major BC Partners has reportedly hit the halfway point for an €8.5bn-targeting flagship fundraise following a record-breaking first close.

Blackstone Strategic Partners buys into two Method Advisors funds of funds through GP-led secondaries process

Blackstone's Strategic Partners arm has bought into two funds of funds vehicles managed by UK-based Method Advisors through a GP-led secondaries process.

FPE Capital makes MaxContact latest investment from sophomore fund

Software and services-focused private equity house FPE Capital has picked contact centre business MaxContact as the latest deal from its second fund.

AMB :- Survey shows 'consolidation most significant future trend' in the UK's pensions industry

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Consolidation across defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) schemes is the most-anticipated trend for the UK pensions industry over the next five years, the Pensions and Lifetime S...Article Link

UK’s richest to offload billions in assets to avoid Covid-19 tax hikes

London's super-rich are particularly worried that inheritance and capital-gains taxes may be hiked to repair the UK's coronavirus-battered finances

Insights from the BVCA summit: PE open for business

Market participants gathered virtually to discuss trends in the private markets space for the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) summit on 7-8 October 2020.

SMBC hires Lee for corporate banking

Former JP Morgan banker Luke Lee has joined Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp’s Hong Kong office in a senior position.

Corporate disclosure shouldn’t be outsourced to stock markets

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that large UK companies would need to make climate related disclosures whether listed or private was a step towards an important principle — that corporate transparency is a public good,

Gemspring’s Shrieve Builds Styrene Business

Shrieve Chemical Company, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital, has acquired the styrene business unit and other assets of CLP Chemicals. Gemspring acquired Shrieve, a distributor of industrial chemicals, fluids, and specialty lubricants, in December

Coronavirus leaves UK workers feeling more vulnerable to cybercrime, study reveals

A fifth of workers say that leaving contact details with restaurants makes cyber attacks more likely

UK Finance names former Barclays, Lloyds exec as new boss after sexism storm

David Postings, who has held a non-executive director position at the lobbying group since 2018, will take the top job from January next year

Inspirit Capital agrees carve out of Lloyds Register Group’s global energy division

Inspirit Capital has agreed to carve out the energy division of global professional services firm Lloyds Register Group.

PE-backed Chrysaor takes over Premier Oil

Harbour Energy, the private equity-owned group led by former Royal Dutch Shell exec Linda Cook, has already turned Chrysaor into the largest oil and gas producer in the UK North Sea

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