Software and Hi-Tech
Pandemic spurs UK companies to tap London equity market at fastest pace in over a decade

Pandemic spurs UK companies to tap London equity market at fastest pace in over a decade

Companies on the London Stock Exchange have raised over £26bn this year

Fintech and Finance
What a Biden administration means for British fintech

What a Biden administration means for British fintech

Wall Street veterans, the battle with big tech and a new immigration policy will all be part of Biden's new fintech playbook

Buyout
Silverfleet Capital seals 3.1x return on healthcare workware business 7days through sale to private equity pair

Silverfleet Capital seals 3.1x return on healthcare workware business 7days through sale to private equity pair

Silverfleet Capital has scored a 3.1x return selling its majority stake in 7days, a German supplier of workwear for the healthcare industry, to fellow private equity firms Chequers Capital and Paragon Partners.

Software and Hi-Tech
H2 acquires Optegra

H2 acquires Optegra

H2 Equity Partners has acquired ophthalmology chain Optegra from Eight Roads, Fidelity International’s private equity arm.

Software and Hi-Tech
SR One set to deploy $500m fund following GSK spin-out

SR One set to deploy $500m fund following GSK spin-out

Simeon George, CEO of life sciences investor SR One, speaks to Unquote about raising its first-time fund, the ongoing importance of its relationship with GSK following its spin-out from the company, and the firm's deal

Abris Capital Partners
Abris Capital makes Polish healthcare play with Scanmed buyout from Life Healthcare Group

Abris Capital makes Polish healthcare play with Scanmed buyout from Life Healthcare Group

Abris Capital Partners has agreed a buyout of Polish healthcare network operator Scanmed from Life Healthcare Group.

Pension Funds
AMB :- US public pensions up commitments to hedge funds by $2.2bn in Q3, taking the YTD total past $10bn

AMB :- US public pensions up commitments to hedge funds by $2.2bn in Q3, taking the YTD total past $10bn

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Interest in credit hedge funds takes YTD allocations past $10bn: US public pensions increased gross commitments to hedge funds by $2.2bn in Q3, taking the YTD total past $10bn, said a

Event
AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Credit managers hold off new launches

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Credit managers hold off new launches

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Credit managers appear to be in a bit of a holding pattern according to new data from law firm Ropes & Gray. The pandemic has disrupted new launches and is

Event
AMB :- Swedish pension fund giant AP1 and LGIM launch sustainable EM equity fund

AMB :- Swedish pension fund giant AP1 and LGIM launch sustainable EM equity fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Swedish pension fund Forsta AP-fonden, better known as AP1, has seeded what it describes as "the next generation of index funds" for emerging markets responsible investors, in partne...Article Link

Event
Opalesque Exclusive: Credit managers hold off new launches

Opalesque Exclusive: Credit managers hold off new launches

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Credit managers appear to be in a bit of a holding pattern according to new data from law firm Ropes & Gray. The pandemic has disrupted new launches and is

Academic Research
EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

Posted by Robert Eccles (University of Oxford), Therese Lennehag (EQT Partners), and Nina Nornholm (EQT Partners), on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Editor's Note: Robert G. Eccles is Visiting Professor of Management Practice at Oxford University

Public
Brussels criticised for handing BlackRock €280,000 green contract

Brussels criticised for handing BlackRock €280,000 green contract

The ombudsman said the commission’s internal guidance on public procurement 'fell seriously short' in providing enough clarity on assessing possible conflicts of interest

Software and Hi-Tech
Investcorp’s Rishi Kapoor sees promise in private equity’s Main Street push

Investcorp’s Rishi Kapoor sees promise in private equity’s Main Street push

Firm looks to capitalise on the appetite among ordinary investors for alternative assets, both through its own funds and through stakes in other investors

IPO
Nordic Capital's Nordnet completes listing

Nordic Capital's Nordnet completes listing

Sweden-based bank Nordnet has completed its IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange, priced at SEK 96 per share.

Buyout
Secondaries specialist Keyhaven scores 1.7x return on PIC investment

Secondaries specialist Keyhaven scores 1.7x return on PIC investment

Secondaries private equity specialist Keyhaven Capital has sealed a 1.7x return selling its minority stake in UK-based Pensions Insurance Corporation.

Software and Hi-Tech
Waterland's Athera makes three bolt-ons

Waterland's Athera makes three bolt-ons

Physiotherapy group Athera, a potfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, has acquired physiotherapy centres Das Zentrum, Therapie-Zentrum Gert Ehlers and Heim & Hendrixen.

Angel / Venture
Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5bn across two funds

Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5bn across two funds

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has closed two funds totalling $4.5bn.

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