EQT has closed the acquisition of hygiene products producer Schülke from its France-based parent company Air Liquide for €925-1bn, subject to an earn-out provision, after entering into exclusive negotiations to buy the business in April
Fondo Italiano d’Investimento (FII) has invested in Italian IT systems integrator Maticmind via a capital increase, in exchange for a minority stake.
Furniture and kitchen design software business SHD, a portfolio of Bregal Unternehmenkapital, has acquired Italy-based furniture design software company Tesy.
G Square Capital is looking at a sale of portfolio company Institut Supérieur des Professions de Santé (ISPS), according to Unquote sister publication Mergermarket.
The deal comprises 140 restaurants under the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas brands and is expected to save 4,000 jobs out of the nearly 6,000 staff the company had in the UK
KKR, CVC Capital and Ares Management were the big name private equity firms picking up commitments in the latest round of investing from New York pension giant NYSCRF.
Epiris has acquired a majority of assets owned by the Casual Dining Group, including Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas.
The New York State Teachers' Retirement System has boosted its $22.6bn private equity program with more than $1.66bn of new commitments.
China has raised CNY88bn ($12.59bn) to date for the country's first major fund dedicated to environmental projects and businesses.
A new venture capital fund targeting the commercialisation of projects and spinouts from academics at University College London has hit a £100m first close.
Energy infrastructure-focused private investment house Starwood Energy has brought in veteran industry expert Michael White as a senior vice president.
High-yield bond issuance to finance acquisitions has picked up in recent weeks in Europe, ending a nearly five-month lull
Private equity has the potential to hasten the retirement day for American workers by fortifying retirement savings
PropTech startup JetClosing has bagged $9m in its Series B round amid a plan to move into new markets.
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: UK private equity firm Vitruvian Partners has closed its fourth buyout fund at its hard cap of €4bn ($4.7bn), less than three months after its formal launch. According to the London-headqua...Article
By: Bryan Haynes, Ian Michael, Byron Tse The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed global financial markets into a prolonged period of volatility and uncertainty (see our article on the impact of COVID-19 on M&A deal flow),
