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Tikehau launches SPAC to invest in financial services sector

Tikehau launches SPAC to invest in financial services sector

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital will launch a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to invest in the European financial services sector.

American Securities agrees $1bn-plus sale of chemical business Emerald Kalama

US private equity house American Securities has agreed a $1.075bn sale of consumer chemicals specialist Emerald Kalama.

Tikehau Capital to join private equity SPAC boom with European financial services-focused vehicle

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital is jumping on the Special Purpose Acquisition Company train by announcing its intention to sponsor a vehicle focued on the European financial services sector.

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Q&A: 17Capital's Thomas Doyle

Q&A: 17Capital's Thomas Doyle

Thomas Doyle, a partner at portfolio finance specialist 17Capital, discusses the firm’s relationships with its GPs and LPs, the mechanics of investing in this space and the future of the sector

Software and Hi-Tech
JTC acquires Indos Financial

JTC acquires Indos Financial

Fund advisory service JTC is to acquire depositary, ESG and anti-money laundering advisory firm Indos Financial.

RPM Ventures passes $88m for fourth flagship fundraise

RPM Ventures has hauled in more than $88m towards its latest flagship fundraise.

Susquehanna Growth Equity names two new managing directors amid string of hires, promotions

Susquehanna Growth Equity has named two new managing directors amid a string of promotions and hires at the firm.

Kester Capital bulks out deals team to speed investment of newly-raised sophomore fund

Kester Capital has bulked out its dealmaking team by bringing in three new associates.

In their own words: Hamilton Lane’s Andrea Kramer

Andrea Kramer, Hamilton Lane’s head of fund investments discusses her expectations for private equity in 2021

BVCA chief: private equity stands ready to shore up the UK’s economy post-Covid

The industry is well aligned with government objectives and other pressing priorities such as competitiveness and closing the gaps between the regions

AMB :- Bain Capital, Pantheon Ventures form JV for direct lending

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Boston-based Bain Capital Specialty Finance and San Francisco-based global alternative private markets manager Pantheon Ventures have formed a private direct-lending joint venture (JV) called ...Article Link

Dutch SPAC ESG Core Investments raises €250m

ESG Core Investments has become the first European special purpose acquisition company to go public in 2021.

London investment trusts continue green funding

London’s investment trusts have been tapping a deep pool of equity capital earmarked for green-linked deals. On Friday, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), the UK-listed energy efficiency investor, closed a £160m raise, £60m more

Green City and justifying equity valuations

This week in Keeping Tabs: an opportunity for the UK's finance sector after Brexit, and an argument for why you shouldn't worry about the stock market.

Germany’s 'twin Bobl' greenium increases to 3bp

The green premium between Germany’s five year green Bobl and its conventional twin has increased to 3bp for the first time since the green Bobl was priced last November.

Cancel culture: should govvies held by central bank be torn up?

Thomas Piketty and 100 other economists from across Europe put their signatures to an op-ed this week calling for the ECB to cancel its holdings of government debt. GlobalCapital debates whether it is radical but

UK returns to linker market after reform

The UK sold its last syndication of the financial year on Tuesday, selling a £2.25bn 2051 index linked bond — its first syndication in the format since November 2019.

Bain Capital and Pantheon form direct lending JV

The firms will provide private direct-lending solutions to middle-market borrowers, primarily across Europe and Australia

Asda buyers raise record £2.75bn junk bond to fund acquisition

Bond attracted £8bn of orders from investors

PE-backed Calypso Technology goes up for sale

The San Francisco-based fintech, owned by Bridgepoint and Summit Partners, could fetch as much as $2bn

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