Europe
Enterprise Investors buys remaining stake in Pan-Pek

Enterprise Investors buys remaining stake in Pan-Pek

Central and eastern European private equity firm Enterprise Investors has increased its stake in Croatian bakery Pan-Pek to 100%.

Auerbach Funds
Auerbach Funds strikes first close for $100m-targeting distressed, underperforming asset real estate fund

Auerbach Funds strikes first close for $100m-targeting distressed, underperforming asset real estate fund

Auerbach Funds has hit a first close for its $100m-targeting third real estate private equity fund.

Politics
Video: Proskauer's van Zyl discusses fund formation trends

Video: Proskauer's van Zyl discusses fund formation trends

Unquote associate editor Denise Ko Genovese talks Nigel van Zyl from Proskauer, which won the Law Firm of the Year (Fund Formation) category at the British Private Equity Awards.

Politics
Video: Alantra's Andy Currie on the outlook for PE

Video: Alantra's Andy Currie on the outlook for PE

Unquote interviews Andy Currie from Alantra, winner in the Corporate Finance Firm Of The Year category for the 2020 British Private Equity Awards.

Software and Hi-Tech
Klaus Schwab: ‘It’s time to start questioning old assumptions’

Klaus Schwab: ‘It’s time to start questioning old assumptions’

Even amid the deep uncertainties of today's global situation, one thing is clear: it is time to start questioning old assumptions and developing a new paradigm for the post-Covid capitalism

Accel-KKR
Accel-KKR buys into long-held Norwest Equity Partners portfolio business Surgical Information Systems

Accel-KKR buys into long-held Norwest Equity Partners portfolio business Surgical Information Systems

Private equity-backed hospital clinical and business software specialist Surgical Information Systems has picked up a majority investment from tech-focused buyout house Accel-KKR.

Europe
Alantra acquires stake in Indigo Capital to bolster its debt offering

Alantra acquires stake in Indigo Capital to bolster its debt offering

Jacobo Llanza, Alantra’s chief executive said the deal will accelerate the firm’s plan 'to create a leading private debt group in Europe'

Angel / Venture
US investors plough billions into London’s fintechs despite coronavirus and Brexit

US investors plough billions into London’s fintechs despite coronavirus and Brexit

London is the second most popular destination for fintech investment globally, behind San Francisco. Of European VC cash flowing into fintech so far this year, 44% has gone to London-based companies

Buyout
Private wealth managers must urgently increase use of tech or be left behind by competitors

Private wealth managers must urgently increase use of tech or be left behind by competitors

Private wealth managers need to urgently increase their use of technology or risk being left behind by competitors, research from fintech firm Delio suggests.

Ardian
Ardian exits electronic access, ticketing system business Gantner to trade buyer Salto Systems

Ardian exits electronic access, ticketing system business Gantner to trade buyer Salto Systems

Global investment giant Ardian has sold electronic access, ticketing and billing systems provider Gantner Electronic Austria to trade buyer Salto Systems.

Angel / Venture
SC Ventures backs cybersecurity startup Secret Double Octopus

SC Ventures backs cybersecurity startup Secret Double Octopus

Israeli cybersecurity company Secret Double Octopus has picked up a cash injection from Standard Chartered’s FinTech investment unit SC Ventures.

Software and Hi-Tech
‘A hell of a lot more demand’ from rich Brits buying EU citizenship on Brexit fears

‘A hell of a lot more demand’ from rich Brits buying EU citizenship on Brexit fears

Some countries allow Citizenship-by-Investment schemes, or allow the purchase of the right to live and work in a country, for between €250,000 and about €2.2m

Software and Hi-Tech
Pandemic will ‘compound the pain’ of a no-deal Brexit, company directors say

Pandemic will ‘compound the pain’ of a no-deal Brexit, company directors say

More than 40% of bosses say their companies haven't completed Brexit preparations

Event
Global hedge funds were up 4.7% for Q3 2020 with HFM Asia-Pacific Index up 9.4%

Global hedge funds were up 4.7% for Q3 2020 with HFM Asia-Pacific Index up 9.4%

Opalesque Industry Update - Q3 2020 saw a mixed three months, in which encouraging fund performance and investor sentiment generated $160bn in industry AuM, billion dollar funds lagged behind smaller rivals and large launches dried

Angel / Venture
AMB :- Alternative investment dealmaking to resurge by the end of 2021, says survey

AMB :- Alternative investment dealmaking to resurge by the end of 2021, says survey

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: A majority (74%) of private equity and venture capital executives believe the industry's rebound will only happen by the end of 2021, a recent survey by consultancy EisnerAmper has found. The

Europe
AMB :- Alantra AM acquires 49% stake in debt manager Indigo

AMB :- Alantra AM acquires 49% stake in debt manager Indigo

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Asset manager and credit advisory firm Alantra has completed the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Indigo Capital SAS, a pan-European private debt asset manager. No financial terms were dis...Article

M&A
AMB :- Arbor Investments raises its biggest fund, attracting $1.5bn

AMB :- Arbor Investments raises its biggest fund, attracting $1.5bn

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chicago private-equity firm Arbor Investments, which specializes in food and beverage acquisitions, has raised its biggest fund, the fifth equity fund, attracting $1.5 billion and doubling its...Article Link

Angel / Venture
PE and VC dealmaking to resurge by the end of 2021, survey finds

PE and VC dealmaking to resurge by the end of 2021, survey finds

The EisnerAmper poll was conducted in September with over 250 global alternative investment professionals

Angel / Venture
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe II closes at €463m

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe II closes at €463m

The Los Angeles-headquartered firm has bolstered its European investment team in January

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