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Cloud security business TitanHQ gets backing from UK private equity house Livingbridge

Mid-market UK private equity house Livingbridge has bought into fast-growing global cloud security business TitanHQ using its £334m third Enterprise Fund.

BBB appoints Lewis La Torre as interim CEO

British Business Bank (BBB) has appointed Catherine Lewis La Torre as interim CEO.

Banks slammed for failing to join UK charter on race founded two years ago

Racial diversity among firms has come to the fore amid the surge in activism surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement

Muyuan closes debut loan at smaller size of $140m

Chinese pork producer Muyuan Foods saw lukewarm appetite among banks for its debut syndicated loan, which was closed at a smaller size of $140m.

Alinda Capital Partners holds first exit for its Infrastructure Fund III

Alinda Capital Partners, which is focused on mid-market infrastructure investments, has made the first exit for its Infrastructure Fund III, through the sale of Energy Assets.

UK bags £9bn to complete Gilt hat-trick

The UK Debt Management Office launched a syndication on Tuesday, printing a new October 2050 line and raising £9bn.

Harrison Street expands Europe team with ex-CPPIB, Franklin Templeton investors

Real asset alternative investment specialist Harrison Street has expanded its European asset management team with two new hires.

BoE floats ‘temporary changes’ to capital buffers

The Bank of England has said it may be necessary to make ‘temporary changes’ to capital buffers in the UK, owing to concerns that the existing framework could discourage banks from lending during the coronavirus

Negative rates ‘in the toolbox’

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, has announced that negative rates are “part of the toolbox” but that he sees no reason to make use of them yet.

Veteran Silverfleet Capital partner retires after almost 30 years with firm

Veteran Silverfleet Capital partner Kay Ashton has retired from the firm after almost 30 years with the business.

Novo Ventures leads $55m series-B round for NodThera

Novo Ventures has led a $55m series-B financing round for NodThera, a UK- and US-based clinical stage biotechnology company.

Issa no problem: Asda buyout vaults brothers to top of levfin borrower table

Friday’s confirmation that the Issa brothers, backed by TDR Capital, had won the auction for UK supermarket Asda, catapulted them into the super league of borrowers in European leveraged credit — the handful of entrepreneurs

Going Private Transactions

Posted by Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C. Schwenkel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Saturday, April 18, 2020 Editor's Note: Warren S. de Wied, Philip Richter, and Robert C.

The Impact of COVID19 on Shareholder Activism

Posted by Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, on Sunday, April 12, 2020 Editor's Note: Keith Gottfried and Sean Donahue are partners at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. This post is based on a

MPs scrutinise whether Gilt syndications are cost-effective

The House of Commons' Treasury Select Committee has asked the UK Debt Management Office to answer a series of questions on its bond syndication programme, specifically on the pricing of its bonds and the fees

SMI builds bigger loan of $700m

Indonesian company Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (SMI) has increased the size of its loan to $700m after seeing strong traction from banks during syndication.

Can Investors Time Their Exposure to Private Equity?

Posted by Gregory W. Brown (University of North Carolina), on Friday, March 27, 2020 Editor's Note: Gregory Brown is professor of finance and director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at University

Friend or Foe? The Convergence of Private Equity and Shareholder Activism

Posted by Aneliya S. Crawford and Matthew J. Gruenberg, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, on Saturday, March 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Aneliya S. Crawford is a partner and Matthew J. Gruenberg is special counsel at Schulte

UK DMO chief sets out vision for £30bn green bond curve

Building a UK green government bond market would take a minimum issuance of about £30bn and “some time” for the UK to establish a benchmark size for the market, according to the head of the

Houses, hydrogen and HGVs: priorities for the new UK infra bank

The UK's national infrastructure bank set to be launched by the government could focus on a range of green investment opportunities, including setting up a scheme like the US's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) model.

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