Europe
UCITS and AIFs continue to record net inflows in August

UCITS and AIFs continue to record net inflows in August

Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for August 2020.

Digital Transformation
Atwater invests in EQT-backed Freepik

Atwater invests in EQT-backed Freepik

Atwater Capital has acquired a minority stake in EQT-backed Freepik, a Spanish provider of digital visual content.

Portfolio Company News
Lobby group for Black women urges firms to ‘go beyond solidarity statements’

Lobby group for Black women urges firms to ‘go beyond solidarity statements’

The 300-strong group calls asset managers to build an anti-racist portfolio, divesting from companies that benefit from business models that perpetuate racial inequities

Portfolio Company News
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Partnering for portfolio management

Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Partnering for portfolio management

Unquote has partnered with Rutland Partners to record a special podcast on tactics for superior portfolio management, and to get the firm's view of the current market.

Consumer Services
Dunkin’ reportedly in talks with PE-backed group to go private

Dunkin’ reportedly in talks with PE-backed group to go private

The deal worth $8.8bn with Inspire Brands, owned by private equity firm Roark Capital, would delist the coffee and doughnuts chain

Politics
Private equity smashes its campaign-spending record with 2020 races

Private equity smashes its campaign-spending record with 2020 races

Employees of investment firms spent about $132m on political races through September

Software and Hi-Tech
London finance job vacancies tumble 54% on Covid and Brexit concerns

London finance job vacancies tumble 54% on Covid and Brexit concerns

'Businesses and job seekers are struggling with the impact of the pandemic and worried about what a second wave will mean, but we also can’t forget about Brexit,' said Morgan McKinley

Politics
Jon Moulton warns of Brexit impact on private equity

Jon Moulton warns of Brexit impact on private equity

As the private equity veteran prepares to bow out, he talks about some of the highs and lows of his 40-plus years in the industry

Bain Capital Ventures
Private equity investor Centerbridge Partners backs Syncapay’s acquisition of Wirecard North America

Private equity investor Centerbridge Partners backs Syncapay’s acquisition of Wirecard North America

From: FinTech Global Syncapay has announced that it has bought Wirecard North America, marking another page in the story of the collapse of the scandal-ridden former FinTech giant. Wirecard imploded this summer after a suspected

Software and Hi-Tech
Dunkin’ Brands Is Said to Be Near Deal to Sell Itself and Go Private

Dunkin’ Brands Is Said to Be Near Deal to Sell Itself and Go Private

The parent of Dunkin’ and Baskin Robbins is in talks with a private-equity-backed company for a takeover that values the company at nearly $9 billion.

Distressed
Guitar Center is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing.

Guitar Center is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing.

It’s still possible that Guitar Center could avert bankruptcy, as it did earlier this year.

IPO
Asda’s new owner EG Group seeks new leadership ahead of IPO – report

Asda’s new owner EG Group seeks new leadership ahead of IPO – report

EG Group is owned by the billionaire Issa brothers and the private equity firm TDR Capital, who teamed up for a £6.8 billion takeover of Asda last month

Software and Hi-Tech
Lone Star agrees £630m deal to buy UK’s McCarthy & Stone

Lone Star agrees £630m deal to buy UK’s McCarthy & Stone

The American private equity firm is expected to back the strategy of Britain’s biggest retirement housebuilder to build more homes for rent

Software and Hi-Tech
Equistone sells Dutch meat producer to Parcom Private Equity

Equistone sells Dutch meat producer to Parcom Private Equity

The Amsterdam-based firm is the third buyout group to back the business, sold by Nordian Capital Partners to Equistone in 2016

Public
Triton takes Swedish IT consultant HiQ private in €387m deal

Triton takes Swedish IT consultant HiQ private in €387m deal

The shares tendered in the public offer amount to 50.87 million shares, or 91% of the shareholding and voting rights in the company

Manufacturing and Industrial
Abris exits locomotive leasing business Cargounit to Three Seas

Abris exits locomotive leasing business Cargounit to Three Seas

Polish buyout firm Abris Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its stake in Polish locomotive lessor Cargounit, also known as Industrial Division, to Three Seas Investment Fund (3SIIF).

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