Switzerland-headquartered Unigestion has launched the latest vintage of its direct private equity strategy with a EUR 1bn target, partner and head of portfolio management in private equity Paul Newsome told Unquote.
Following an interim close for its debut fund on more than EUR 130m, Italy-based Kyip (formerly known as Kyma Partners) is continuing its fundraise and plans to further develop the two assets in the fund,
Dutch biopharma investor Forbion has held the first close for Forbion Growth Opportunities II at EUR 470m; the fund will invest in late-stage biopharma companies at a time when they need private capital, the GP
Apollo Global Management is said to have teamed up with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries to make a binding bid for UK chemist chain Boots, which values the company at £5bn to £6bn. The post Apollo,
Cube Infrastructure Managers has agreed to acquire a 78% stake in French temperature-controlled logistics operator Dispam, its first deal in the segment. The post Cube IM makes debut temperature-controlled logistics deal with Dispam investment first
Obvious Ventures, the VC house launched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has closed a pair of new funds to boost its assets under management to $1.11bn. The post Twitter co-founder’s Obvious Ventures closes two new
Amsterdam-headquartered Mentha has acquired Copenhagen-based independent PE player BWB Partners (BWBP) and is ready to enter the Danish lower mid-market, Mentha founding partner Edo Pfennings told Unquote.
US private equity house Lovell Minnick Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in $4.1bn-managing wealth and asset manager London & Capital. The post Lovell Minnick picks up majority stake in veteran wealth, asset
Wealthy families have upped their investment in private equity to an all-time high as a step-change in macroeconomics forces them to review investment opportunities.
Sustainability and impact investor Bridges Fund Management has struck a £350m hard cap close for its biggest fund yet. The post Bridges Fund Management burst through target to raise £350m for biggest fund yet first appeared
Israel's Titan Capital Partners has launched a $100m investment fund targeting internet, software, consumer and financial technology companies. The post Israel-based Titan Capital Partners raises $100m for debut software, internet-focused fund first appeared on AltAssets
The $24bn-managing Montana Board of Investments has picked Veritas Capital and Sumeru Equity Partners among its latest raft of fund commitments. The post Montana pension picks Veritas Capital, Sumeru Equity funds among latest commitments first
Frankfurt, Germany, 8 June 2022 – KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced today that KKR has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Contabo, a global cloud infrastructure and hosting provider based in Germany.
Advisory firm EY has announced that it is to invest USD 1bn to expand its private equity offering; the firm also announced the appointment of Bridget Walsh as its Global Private Equity Leader.
Italian sponsor Alto Capital has sold CEI Group, a Bologna-based spare parts manufacturer and distributor of spare parts for heavy vehicles, to White Bridge Investments.
LPs’ returns across the lifetime of their private equity portfolios are nearing record levels not seen since the run-up to the global financial crisis, according to secondaries firm Coller Capital’s Summer 2022 Barometer.
Oakley Capital Fund IV has agreed to sell its majority stake in Contabo, a Germany-based Cloud hosting platform used by SMEs, with its Fund V reinvesting alongside new majority shareholder KKR.
Mid-market investor Thomas H Lee Partners has hired healthcare industry veteran Sam Hendler to head business development. The post Thomas H Lee Partners boosts healthcare team with second senior hire in nine months first appeared
Bain Capital has closed a $2bn special situations fund for the Asia Pacific region, doubling the size of its predecessor which was closed on $1bn, Reuters reported quoting firm managing director Barnaby Lyons. The post
More than half of institutional LPs have increased their commitments to private equity over the past two years in the hunt for outsized returns, the latest Coller Barometer report shows. The post LPs upping PE
