Europe
Large drop in worldwide investment fund assets in Q1 2020 against the backdrop of large net inflows

Large drop in worldwide investment fund assets in Q1 2020 against the backdrop of large net inflows

Opalesque Industry Update - The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), has today published its latest International Statistical Release describing the trends in worldwide investment fund industry in the first quarter of 2020. Worldwide

Angel / Venture
MMC leads $3m seed round for Agamon

MMC leads $3m seed round for Agamon

MMC Ventures has led a $3m seed funding round for Agamon, a London-based developer of a healthcare intelligence platform.

AE Industrial
AE Industrial extends reach into advanced analytics, AI with NuWave Solutions deal

AE Industrial extends reach into advanced analytics, AI with NuWave Solutions deal

AE Industrial Partners has bought a majority stake in NuWave Solutions, a provider of federal government data management, analytics and AI decision support tech solutions.

Appointments
Ardian appoints Erdland as senior adviser

Ardian appoints Erdland as senior adviser

Ardian has appointed Alexander Erdland as a senior adviser in its Germany-based team.

Politics
August-backed Code acquires Isopharm

August-backed Code acquires Isopharm

August Equity portfolio company Code acquires Isopharm.

Software and Hi-Tech
VR Equitypartner increases stake in GMS Development

VR Equitypartner increases stake in GMS Development

VR Equitypartner is to increase its stake in GMS Development, according to a filing with the German competition authority.

Pharma and Healthcare
Inflexion acquires Rosemont for £156m

Inflexion acquires Rosemont for £156m

Inflexion Private Equity acquires Rosemont Pharmaceuticals for £156m from trade player Perrigo.

Ares
Ares continues powerful fundraising amid coronavirus with $3.5bn special opportunities fund close

Ares continues powerful fundraising amid coronavirus with $3.5bn special opportunities fund close

Ares Management has surged past its target to reach a $3.5bn final close for a new special opportunities fund.

Software and Hi-Tech
Capita to sell Eclipse to PE-backed Access UK for £56.5m

Capita to sell Eclipse to PE-backed Access UK for £56.5m

Capita has agreed to sell 100% of the shares of Eclipse Legal Systems to private-equity-backed company Access UK for £56.5m.

Software and Hi-Tech
3i-backed Evernex bolts on Vitruvian’s Technogroup

3i-backed Evernex bolts on Vitruvian’s Technogroup

3i-backed Evernex, a French provider of IT maintenance for data centre infrastructure, has acquired Germany-based Technogroup, which is backed by Vitruvian Partners.

2020
Private equity professionals brace for fund term extensions amid coronavirus fallout

Private equity professionals brace for fund term extensions amid coronavirus fallout

Private equity professionals are bracing themselves for a swathe of term extensions for existing funds amid the fallout from the ongoing coronavirus crisis, new research shows.

brokerage
Carlyle, Oak Hill fold businesses into new brokerage distribution, underwriting platform Galway

Carlyle, Oak Hill fold businesses into new brokerage distribution, underwriting platform Galway

Carlyle and Oak Hill Capital have teamed up to launch diversified brokerage distribution and underwriting platform Galway Insurance.

Europe
DEWB sells MueTec to trade

DEWB sells MueTec to trade

Deutsche Effekten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft (DEWB) has sold its stake in MueTec to listed China-headquartered Suzhou TZTEK Technology via the holding company SLSS Europe.

Angel / Venture
Epidarex strikes £102m for final close of new European life sciences VC fund

Epidarex strikes £102m for final close of new European life sciences VC fund

Life sciences-focused venture capital firm Epidarex Capital has hit a £102m final close for its third fund.

Buyout
Inflexion to carve out Rosemont Pharmaceuticals from US-listed Perrigo

Inflexion to carve out Rosemont Pharmaceuticals from US-listed Perrigo

UK private equity house Inflexion has agreed to carve-out liquid pharma business Rosemont Pharmaceuticals from US-listed Perrigo.

Consumer Services
From PE darling to hard-hit sector: gyms face uncertain post-covid future

From PE darling to hard-hit sector: gyms face uncertain post-covid future

As gyms and fitness clubs across Europe gear up to welcome back consumers, Katharine Hidalgo explores their tricky path out of lockdown

clean
PGGM, Glennmont launch Italian asset management services business GEMS

PGGM, Glennmont launch Italian asset management services business GEMS

Glennmont Partners and the PGGM Infrastructure Fund have launched Green Energy Management Services to manage their portfolio of Italian renewable energy assets and provide asset management services to third party clients.

Buyout
Michael Dell’s MSD Partners beats target with $1.1bn-plus real estate credit fund close

Michael Dell’s MSD Partners beats target with $1.1bn-plus real estate credit fund close

MSD Partners, a subsidiary of Michael Dell's family private investment firm, has pulled in more than $1.1bn for the target-busting final close of its Real Estate Credit Opportunities Fund.

Pension Funds
Illinois pension commits around $1.23bn to private market funds

Illinois pension commits around $1.23bn to private market funds

The plan made its first investment in a Brookfield Asset Management fund and committed almost $1bn to existing private equity managers

AIMCo
Ex-CPPIB president Wiseman resurfaces at AIMCo, six months after BlackRock sacking over undisclosed relationship

Ex-CPPIB president Wiseman resurfaces at AIMCo, six months after BlackRock sacking over undisclosed relationship

Former CPPIB president and CEO Mark Wiseman has resurfaced at AIMCo, six months after being sacked by BlackRock for having an undisclosed relationship with a co-worker.

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