Opalesque Industry Update - A majority of alternative investment managers (54%) expect to fully return to their offices by the end of the calendar year, according to The Seward Kissel Alternative Investment Manager COVID-19 Survey,
Impresa San Siro American Funeral, a portfolio company of Augens Capital and BMO Global Asset Management, has acquired funeral service organiser Onoranze Funebri Lombarda Bertini (Bertini).
Longitude Capital has led a $40m funding round for Switzerland-based Polares Medical, with participation from Decheng Capital, Endeavour Vision, IDO Investments, Earlybird Venture Capital and Wellington Partners.
The acquisition was made through Astorg VII fund, which closed at €4bn last year
The alternative assets industry is set for a swathe of staff continuing to work from home after the coronavirus lockdown ends, a new survey of managers within the industry reveals.
Ufenau Capital Partners has bought a majority stake in Germany-based IT outsourcing company Matrix Technlogy.
Astorg has signed an agreement to acquire Netherlands-based management consulting company Normec Group from growth equity investor Summit Partners, alongside the management team.
WestBridge has invested £9.6m in a management buyout of care provider Bespoke Health & Social Care (BHSC).
Adam Bagshaw has spent the past 14 years at Deutsche Bank and also headed up its financial sponsors business in Europe
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has invested in managed services provider Matrix SCM.
Apiary Capital portfolio company Conn3ct has acquired speech application development company ICR Speech Solutions & Services.
Apollo Global-backed CEC Entertainment, the parent company of novelty restaurant chain Chuck E Cheese, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of the coronavirus crippling its operations.
Lonsdale Capital Partners portfolio company Cross Rental Services Group (CRSG) has acquired HVAC specialist Acclimatise.
BNP Paribas Asset Management has raised more than €570m for the final close of its second Euro SME Debt Fund, following its first fund completing its investment period earlier this year.
Central Europe-focused private equity house Genesis Capital has launched a €150m fundraise for its sixth flagship buyout vehicle.
Hot on the heels of raising $1.2bn for its biggest ever fundraise, FTV Capital has bought into capital markets financial technology and services company Derivative Path through a $35m growth equity funding.
SEC also spotted problems with fee and expense disclosures in its recent examinations of industry firms
The deal is one of the largest private investment in public equity (PIPE) deals carried out in Europe recently
Recently-launched GP Gyrus Capital has added Anna Mattsson Samanta and Patrick Vink to its operating and advisory partnership.
Consumer brands-focused private equity investor Yellow Wood Partners has named veteran beauty and cosmetics CEO James Stammer as an operating partner.
