Groundworks, a portfolio company of Cortec Group, has acquired Foundation Systems of Michigan. This is the second add-on acquisition completed by Groundworks since Cortec acquired the company through its seventh fund in January 2020. Foundation
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in WilliamsMarston, a provider of accounting advisory and management consulting services. WilliamsMarston provides specialized consulting services to public, private equity-backed, and pre-IPO companies to support mergers, acquisitions,
According to a new study by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), private equity-owned companies appear to be weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple sectors and geographies. According to WTW, despite the subdued operating
Meridia Private Equity has taken a stake in veterinary care provider Vetsum, which is aiming to acquire hospitals in Spain and Portugal
Nordic GP Verdane has acquired a minority stake in Dutch online learning platform Studytube for €10m.
Opalesque Industry Update - Hedge funds continued their positive ways in June, riding a continuing stock market recovery and reopening economies to a 2.04% monthly return, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index, compiled by
Opalesque Industry Update - The gross return of the SS C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for June 2020 measured 2.51%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index declined
Neva Finventures, the corporate venture arm of Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo, has led a €3m round for Italian mobile insurance application Yolo.
Hayfin Capital Management has become the majority shareholder in Frans Bonhomme, a French plastic pipes specialist, through a €60m capital injection.
Reapplix, a Danish developer of a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, has raised $20m in funding from investors including North-East Healthcare Investment, Lauxera Capital Partners and MK Ventures.
Consumer-focused private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners is back on the fundraising trail eyeing up to $750m - more than twice the amount it collected for its last fund.
The UK's biggest retail bingo company is looking to restructure, which will result in the closure of 26 stores and 570 redundancies
Private equity funds are being used for mass-scale money laundering according to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, which said the industry lacks adequate money-laundering programmes.
Private equity executives raking in hefty amounts in carried interest could be in line for a tax hike after the UK chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an investigation into the country's current capital gains tax system.
Riflebird Capital portfolio company Piller Entgrattechnik has been acquired by family office SFO Gruppe.
Private equity plans to take over world-famous Cirque du Soleil on the cheap after coronavirus pushed it into bankruptcy protection have been scuppered by creditors, who are reportedly set to agree a recapitalisation of the
Munich Private Equity Partners has hit a €162m final close for its third buyout fundraise, soaring past its initial €100m target.
Apax Partners has led a $65m series-B funding round in pricing software provider PriceFX.
'For the UK economy to recover there needs to be greater availability of equity,' Schroders says
Meridia Capital has acquired a minority stake in Vetsum, a Spanish company that manages a network of veterinary hospitals.
