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Eurazeo NAV down by 12% in H1

Listed private equity firm Eurazeo has reported a 12% drop in NAV in the first half of 2020, compared to the same figure at the end of 2019.

BC Partners backs Ima in €3.6bn deal

BC Partners has invested in Milan-listed company Ima, a listed Italian manufacturer of packaging machinery, in a deal valuing the company at €3.6bn.

Providence Strategic Growth invests in German cybersecurity provider

Launched in 2007, Hornetsecurity employs 200 people serving more than 40,000 customers

Signals Venture Capital leads €34m round for Everphone

Signals Venture Capital has led a €34m series-B funding round for Germany-based corporate mobile phone rental startup Everphone.

5 private equity fundraises LPs turned to during the coronavirus pandemic

As of March, most of the world had entered full-on panic mode. Countries were locking down, people were stocking up on toilet paper and the financial market was preparing for a shock. While waters have

Waterland buys majority stake in Leupold

Waterland Private Equity has wholly acquired packaging and folding carton producer Leupold as part of a succession solution for the company’s family owners.

BC Partners buys into automatic machine maker IMA at €2.93bn valuation

Global buyout house BC Partners has agreed to buy into automatic Italian machinery maker IMA through a stake purchase in current owner Societa Finanziaria Macchine Automatiche (Sofima).

KKR sells Papresa to Quantum

KKR has sold newsprint paper manufacturer Papresa to German private equity firm Quantum Capital Partners.

Core Industrial Partners created new plaftform business with Incodema, Newcut buyouts

Chicago-based private equity house Core Industrial Partners has completed the buyouts of Incodema and Newcut to launch a new business specialising in metal sheet engineering and photo-chemical etching.

Permira buys majority stake in EF Kids & Teens

Permira has acquired a majority stake in Switzerland-headquartered EF Kids & Teens, a company that runs English language schools and online courses in China, from parent company EF Education First.

OTPP leads $50m round for ComplyAdvantage

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has led a $50m series-C for risk analysis software company ComplyAdvantage.

Ex-Blackstone senior exec Akazhanov joins HIG Capital as Advantage Fund managing director

Former Blackstone senior exec Timur Akazhanov has been brought in by HIG Capital as a managing director of the firm's Capital’s Advantage Fund.

D1, Lone Pine et al. invest $319m in Transferwise

D1 Capital Partners and Lone Pine Capital, joined by other investors, have acquired $319m worth of shares in a secondary share sale that values payments company Transferwise at $5bn.

TZP Group names two new partners amid string of hires

New York private equity house TZP Group has revealed a pair of new partners among a string of new hires at the firm.

IGI holds €170m final close for sixth fund

Italian GP IGI Private Equity has held a €170m final close for its sixth fund, IGI Investimenti Sei, surpassing its €150m target.

THL Partners seals quick Juvare exit to Rothschild private equity arm, two years after Intermedix spin-out

Rothschild's private equity arm Five Arrows has picked up critical incident preparedness and response software company Juvare from Thomas H Lee Partners.

Fashion victims: GPs face a tough year in the clothing & accessories sector

Fashion has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in depressed M&A trends for the foreseeable future and a tough road ahead for GPs exposed to the industry. Alessia Argentieri

Permira picks up EF’s China, Indonesia kids English language teaching unit, deal pegged at about $1.5bn

Private equity major Permira has sealed a buyout of EF Education First's children's English language education unit at a reported valuation of about $1.5bn.

Ex-Mastercard CEO, president Lockhart brings expertise to Blackstone as senior advisor

Former Mastercard president and CEO Gene Lockhart has been hired by Blackstone as a senior advisor, with a focus on the firm's growth equity and opportunistic investment units.

Massachusetts pension posts a pandemic-related private equity loss

The pandemic resulted in an 8.3% decline in the value of private-equity investments held by the Massachusetts state pension fund

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