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Capza hires two co-heads for pandemic recovery fund investing €500m AXA France mandate

Asset manager Capza has hired two co-heads of its Expansion fund, which is investing a €500m mandate from insurance giant AXA France.

Fasanara Capital leads $48m round for Scalapay

Fasanara Capital has led a $48m round for Scalapay, a Milan-based facilitator of instalment payments.

London banks need to shift more staff in wake of Brexit, says EU

'We have sufficient strategic and risk-management capacity onshore here. We are not there yet, for some banks we are but not for all the banks'

AMB :- Europe: Dry powder for direct lending far outstrips other private debt strategies

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Direct lending funds targeting Europe stand to benefit from tighter lending criteria at eurozone banks, said a report by Preqin. As per the report, over the past eight years, direct lending

Pollen Street and QIC invest £200m in Markerstudy

Pollen Street Capital and the Qatar Insurance Corporation (QIC) have invested £200m in insurance products company Markerstudy.

Blackstone agrees $2.8bm buyout of Allstate Corp life insurance arm

Blackstone has agreed a $2.8bn buyout of Allstate Corp's life insurance arm.

Investcorp launches iPartners

Opalesque Industry Update - Investcorp, a leading global provider and manager of alternative investment products, today announced that it has launched Investcorp iPartners, its new FinTech investment platform that enables its investors to browse, assess

IBB, Picus-backed Getsurance sold to trade

Insurance technology business Getsurance, a portfolio company of Picus Capital and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, has been sold to insurance business Nürnberger Versicherung.

Apax Partners buys into Carlyle-backed insurance intermediary PIB

Apax Partners has bought into Carlyle-backed insurance intermediary PIB through an MBO deal.

Oak HC/FT gets PSERS backing for $1.1bn-targeting Fund IV

Healthcare and fintech investor Oak HC/FT has picked up backing from a US pension giant as it looks to raise up to $1.1bn for its latest fund.

InfraVia's Celeste acquires PE-backed VTX Telecom

B2B telecommunications operator Celeste, a portfolio company of InfraVia Partners, has acquired Switzerland-based VTX Telecom, in which Spiarex and Iris Capital owned minority stakes.

Mountain of small loans looms over Europe’s pandemic-hit banks

Banks have outsize exposure to small businesses, the backbone of the continent’s economy. If these businesses fail, pain awaits Europe’s already-stretched lenders.

Sixth Street seals second insurance investment in a week through Talcott Resolution Life Insurance buy

Global investment house Sixth Street has made its second investment in a week by picking up Talcott Resolution Life Insurance.

Eurazeo invests in payments startup PPRO, UK’s newest unicorn

The Paris-based firm co-led a funding round alongside Sprints Capital and Wellington Management to raise a total of €153m for the British fintech

European banks ‘lag significantly’ on ESG disclosures, UBS says

UBS said 'relatively few' EU banks have published reports in line with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

SMEs pain to drive record European distressed fundraising in 2021

So far, the fiscal and monetary support from governments and central banks in Europe has kept distressed activity depressed

Navis Capital buys Moneythor as delayed Fund VIII raise rolls on

Asian private equity house Navis Capital Partners has completed an investment in digital banking solutions business Moneythor.

City job numbers tumbled by half as Brexit and pandemic hit

Large banks including HSBC and Deutsche Bank have pressed ahead with huge restructuring plans after a pause in the initial phase of the coronavirus pandemic

Blackstone growth fund banks more than $3bn so far

Blackstone’s growth investment unit focuses on deals falling between early stage startups and traditional buyouts

Valar Ventures leads €21m round for Moss

Valar Ventures has led a €21m series-A funding found for Germany-based corporate credit card startup Moss.

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