HIG acquires residential assets in Portugal

The US-based firm said its focus in the country is on refurbishing assets in prime locations

Private Equity Firms Are Piling On Debt to Pay Dividends

Dividend recaps, a kind of borrowing long condemned for loading up companies with debt for the benefit of their private equity owners, has surged.

Private equity eyes IBM’s business unit

Business has roughly $1bn in revenue and isn’t profitable, sources say

Carlyle backs away from Signature Aviation offer

The British aviation support services company was approached by the firm in January for a potential takeover

Consumer Services
Forte Capital buys Dutch toy retailer W&O

Forte Capital buys Dutch toy retailer W&O

Netherlands-based private equity firm Forte Capital has acquired a majority stake in W&O Products, a Dutch provider of children's games and crafts, alongisde its management. 

Vista Equity Partners hires seasoned ex-IBM, HP exec Hogan for Flagship Fund

Vista Equity Partners has brought in seasoned former-IBM and HP exec Thomas Hogan as an operating managing director for its Flagship Fund.

Politics
Nordic Capital-backed Cint lists on Nasdaq Stockholm

Nordic Capital-backed Cint lists on Nasdaq Stockholm

Nordic Capital-backed software company Cint Group has started trading on Nasdaq Stockholm, as of 19 February.

Deal Sourcing / Execution
3i invests in US-based WilsonHCG

3i invests in US-based WilsonHCG

3i has made a $120m equity investment in US-based recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) software platform Wilson Human Capital Group (WilsonHCG).

Whitehorse, Morgan Stanley pick up fund commitments from $62bn Maryland pension system

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners and Morgan Stanley have picked up fund commitments from the $62bn-managing Maryland State Retirement & Pension System.

Software and Hi-Tech
DeA Capital-backed CDS buys Viki Plast

DeA Capital-backed CDS buys Viki Plast

CDS, an Italian producer of plastic bottle tops backed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds, has acquired Poland-based bottle sealing company Viki Plast.

Boldstart Ventures leverages unicorn successes to bring in $230m for biggest fundraise yet

Boldstart Ventures has raised more than $230m across a pair of new funds as it looks to continue its laser focus on enterprise, infrastructure and SaaS investments.

General Partners
HQ Capital registers HQ Capital IV GP

HQ Capital registers HQ Capital IV GP

Fund-of-funds and secondaries investor HQ Capital has registered the Luxembourg-domiciled structure HQ Capital IV GP, according to a regulatory filing.

Nordic Capital seals impressive Cint Group IPO at SEK9.8bn valuation

Nordic Capital has sealed an impressive IPO of digital survey specialist Cint Group at a SEK9.8bn ($1.18bn) valuation.

Incapital and 280 CapMarkets creating a new fintech company

Opalesque Industry Update - Incapital, a leading underwriter and distributor of fixed income and market-linked securities, and 280 CapMarkets, a technology company providing best execution trading support and price transparency, announced today they are merging

Former Merck Finck CIO joins Quantumrock

Opalesque Industry Update - Quantumrock, the AI-driven investment manager based in Munich, has hired Thomas Kemming as its Head of Institutional Client Relations. Thomas has over 26 years of experience working in the asset management

Sherpa Capital names new investment director as it looks to invest €120m special situations fund

Iberian private equity house Sherpa Capital has hired former Miotek Factory CFO José María Retana as an investment director.

CD&R brings in Belden veteran Stroup as latest operating advisor

US buyout major Clayton Dubilier & Rice has brought in Belden executive chairman John Stroup as its latest operating advisor.

Consumer Services
Verdane-backed Humble Co sold to Bayn Group for €80.5m

Verdane-backed Humble Co sold to Bayn Group for €80.5m

Verdane has sold its minority stake in The Humble Co, a retailer of eco-friendly personal care products, to listed food technology company Bayn Group.

Appointments
Sherpa appoints Retana as investment director

Sherpa appoints Retana as investment director

Spanish private equity firm Sherpa Capital has appointed José María Retana as investment director.

3i Group
3i banks on outsourced recruitment revival post-Covid with Wilson Human Capital investment

3i banks on outsourced recruitment revival post-Covid with Wilson Human Capital investment

UK private equity investor 3i Group has agreed a $120m investment in recruitment specialist Wilson Human Capital Group as it banks on revitalised growth for the industry post-Covid-19.

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