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Grafine Continues Team Build

Grafine Partners has hired Julie Fisher as a new managing director. In her new position with Grafine, Ms. Fisher will focus primarily on business development and investor relations. Grafine sources, screens, structures and invests in

Novacap Closes its Largest Fund

Novacap has closed Novacap TMT VI LP (Nova VI) with just over $1.8 billion of capital. The new fund is the largest ever raised by Novacap. Nova VI was significantly oversubscribed and beat its target

Sovereign's Acolin bolts on Fundbase

Fund distribution service platform Acolin, a portfolio company of Sovereign Capital, has acquired Switzerland-based market peer Fundbase from Nectar Digital Wealth.

Spain adopts moderate pricing approach to seal record 50 year

Unlike its last syndication in January, when Spain lost over €75bn of orders after an aggressive move in pricing, the sovereign took a more cautious approach on its return to the public market this week

ECB debt forgiveness would unleash chaos

Calls for the European Central Bank to forgive the sovereign debt on its balance sheet may seem harmless, given that most countries are not expected to ever pay off the debt. But such a move

Saudi Arabia’s $400bn sovereign wealth fund anchors new NBK Capital credit fund to first close

Saudi Arabia's $400bn Public Investment Fund has anchored the latest fundraise from Middle East private equity house NBK Capital Partners.

Private Equity – Year in Review and 2021 Outlook

Posted by Andrew J. Nussbaum, Steven A. Cohen, and Katherine L. Chasmar, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Saturday, February 6, 2021 Editor's Note: Andrew J. Nussbaum and Steven A. Cohen are partners, and Katherine

Eurozone sovereigns extend curves amid red hot duration bid

Three eurozone sovereigns all extended their euro curves with huge order books for syndicated transactions this week in a sign of rampant investor appetite for long-dated debt.

Cyprus lures investors with rare positive yield for five year

Cyprus attracted sold demand when it hit the market for a new five euro benchmark on Tuesday. The trade was priced with a positive yield – a rarity for a eurozone sovereign bond in this

Mexico diversifies as Taiwanese investors jump into Formosa

Mexico reopened the international bond market for EM borrowers on Monday as it issued the first Formosa bond ever from a Latin American sovereign is response to interest from Asian investors.

UK lining up green savings bond for retail

The UK is set to announce the world’s first sovereign green bonds for retail investors. The proceeds will help to finance projects aimed at achieving the country’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net

Belgium, Finland, Cyprus line up after EFSF finishes for Q1

The euro public sector bond market has got off to a busy start to February. Three eurozone sovereigns have announced syndicated issues, while the European Financial Stability Facility made a €2bn intraday tap on Monday

Sovereign Capital backs Zenitech

Sovereign Capital Partners has invested in digital consultancy Zenitech.

Sovereign Capital buys into business consulting, tech services business Zenitech

UK buy-and-build private equity specialist Sovereign Capital Partners has invested in Zenitech, a strategic business consulting and tech services provider.

Sovereign exits BIMM to ICG

Sovereign Capital Partners has sold creative arts education provider BIMM to ICG.

CVC provides £37.5m financing for Sovereign-backed Nurse Plus

CVC Credit Partners has become the sole underwriter to Sovereign Capital Partners portfolio company Nurse Plus.

HarbourVest’s Performance Leads to Hard Cap Close

HarbourVest Partners has held an oversubscribed and hard cap close of its latest secondaries fund, Dover Street X LP (Dover X), with $8.1 billion of capital commitments. The hard cap close of Dover X follows

Sovereign V targets £450-500m fundraise in 2021

Sovereign Capital V is set to continue fundraising into 2021 towards a £450-500m target, according to a source close to the situation.

Deutsche points to 'sustainable' investment bank revenue growth

At the end of a strong year, Deutsche Bank told investors that its investment bank had not simply benefitted from a rising tide lifting all boats, but that it would be able to carry on

Razorpay becomes Indian’s latest tech unicorn thanks to new venture capital, sovereign wealth backing

Indian fintech Razorpay has become the country's latest unicorn after picking up $100m of venture capital and sovereign wealth fund financing.

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