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UK seeks to regain green edge with Gilts, own Taxonomy, TCFD rule

The UK will issue its first green Gilts next year, create its own Taxonomy of green activities and oblige large companies and investors to report as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

Struggling Saga takes aim at former private equity owners over ‘dramatic’ debt increase, short-term decision making

The former private equity owners of UK insurance and travel specialist Saga have come under fire from the business for saddling it with large amounts debt.

Santander spins its $400m FinTech venture arm into Mouro Capital

Santander is spinning out its venture arm into the new entity Mouro Capital, a new autonomous investment firm using its $400m in allocated funds to back innovate FinTech startups without the fear of the big

Ares-backed Volery Capital buys into clean energy-focused asset manager Sustainable Development Capital

Ares Management-backed Volery Capital Partners has completed a growth equity investment in clean energy and project development asset manager Sustainable Development Capital.

Wirecard sells UK card tech unit in fallout from corporate scandal

A spokesperson for Wirecard said it expects job losses among its 80 UK staff

Smart city operator Connexin agrees up to £80m investment from Whitehelm Capital

Infrastructure investor Whitehelm Capital has agreed up to £80m of investment in smart city operator Connexin.

David Beckham’s Guild Esports to launch London IPO

The former England football captain is a minority shareholder in the business, in which AIM-listed investment firm Blue Star Capital holds an 11.7% stake

British Private Equity Awards: shortlist announced

The shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards has been announced and the public vote is now underway – pick your winners before 5pm on 16 September.

Another coronavirus-period fundraising success sees Dawn Capital reach €333m Fund IV hard cap

Another coronavirus-period fundraising success has seen B2B software investment specialist Dawn Capital close its biggest fund to date on its €333m hard cap.

Stellar fundraise sees Bridgepoint Development Capital soar to £1.5bn hard cap close – sources

Bridgepoint Development Capital has surged past its target for its fourth flagship fundraise to close on its £1.5bn hard cap, AltAssets understands.

UK warns EU of alternatives if Brexit deal fails

Frost said that if the EU can’t agree on the terms ‘in the very limited time, we have left then we will be trading on terms like those the EU has with Australia, and we

Apiary Capital completes Access Creative College deal as Boris Johnson’s brother joins as board chairman

Apiary Capital has completed an investment in Access Creative College, a specialist UK provider of creative industries education to 16-19 year-olds.

Inflexion reveals trio of new partners amid string of promotions

UK private equity house Inflexion has named three new partners as it continues to build its 100-strong team.

LDC buys into data-driven marketing spend analysis platform RightSpend

Lloyds Bank private equity arm LDC has invested more than £17m into Beekman Associates, the developer of data-driven marketing procurement platform RightSpend.

Boris Johnson to EU: Agree a deal in six weeks or ‘move on’

The UK Prime Minister is set to tell his counterparts in the European Union that they must agree a Brexit deal or accept a no-deal exit

AMB :- UK: PE/VC returns outperform public markets

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.K. private equity and venture capital industries generated 10-year returns of +14.2% in 2019, outperforming the FTSE100 and the FTSE250, which generated returns of +7.4% and +12% respectivel...Article Link

Isomer Capital gets €75m anchor commitment for newly-launched Fund II

Isomer Capital has picked up a €75m cornerstone commitment for its newly-launched second fund targeting early-stage tech-focused European venture capital managers.

British Business Investments commits €75m to Isomer II

British Business Investments has made a €75m commitment to fund-of-funds Isomer Capital II.

UK government to tell millions of Brits to go back to offices

The government is rolling out its 'All in, all together' campaign next week

Beechbrook to close Ireland Fund in Q4, credit fund in 2021

Beechbrook Capital is expecting to close its Ireland Fund in December 2020, while the firm plans to raise UK SME Credit III in 2021.

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