Via Equity invests in ESmiley

Danish private equity firm Via Equity has invested in ESmiley, a software service provider for digital self-monitoring and compliance within food safety and food waste, alongside its management.

Ufenau to acquire Mac IT-Solutions

Ufenau Capital Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Germany-based e-commerce software developer Mac IT-Solutions.

Private equity’s 2020 US election bets mostly pay off

In the 2020 campaigns, about 61% of the buyout industry's direct contributions went to Democrats, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics

Barclays and HSBC under pressure by climate campaigners

Both lenders pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050

EQT Growth's bet on maturing European startups

EQT recently launched its new growth strategy to bridge the gap between venture and buyouts. Partner Carolina Brochado talks to Eliza Punshi about the newly launched strategy, and how it will  differentiate itself from other

VW returns to China ABS with bigger revolver

Volkswagen Finance (China) priced a nearly Rmb8bn ($1.2bn) auto loan asset-backed securities deal this week, the eleventh in its Driver China series.

Bain Capital Ventures, Silversmith among VCs helping risk management solution Venminder to $33m Series C

Third-party risk management solution developer Venminder has scored $33m in its Series C round, which was led by Silversmith Capital Partners.

Google, Andreessen Horowitz back cloud-native networking company Isovalent

Isovalent, a cloud-native networking company, has launched its services to help enterprises connect, observe and secure modern applications with its Cilium product.

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: Fiduciary Obligations in the Shadow of Trados

Posted by Sarath Sanga (Northwestern University) and Eric L. Talley (Columbia University), on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Editor's Note: Sarath Sanga is Associate Professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and at Kellogg School

Following Biden’s election win expect a big climate shift – and finance should get on board

A Biden victory should still herald a big shift in Washington’s approach on climate change - but how far?

Lea Partners sells IDL to PE-backed Insightsoftware

Lea Partners has sold financial performance management software IDL to US-based Insightsoftware, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Genstar Capital.

EQT sells Tia Technology to trade

EQT has agreed to sell Danish portfolio company Tia Technoloy to the listed software company Sapiens.

Northern Trust hedge fund services launches new portal

Opalesque Industry Update - Northern Trust today announced the launch of its next-generation investor portal for alternative asset managers, offering an enhanced investor experience with updated data feeds, customized views and analysis. Increasingly, investors seek

Active managers need to do better or they don’t have a future, warns Martin Gilbert

Despite charging more for their expertise, studies have shown that active funds have failed to beat index-trackers

CFO pay at portfolio companies squeezed

Finance directors working for a mid-market private equity-backed business now earn an average salary of £166,368, down from £173,381 in 2019

AMB :- TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged

TriMark lenders go to court over priming fight

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Winning the financing market depends on where you sit in the capital stack if things go south. If a company finds itself unable to pay all of its creditors, leveraged

Eurazeo invests €56m in Swedish fashion brand Axel Arigato

The deal is the first European investment of the firm’s Eurazeo Brands division, launched in 2017 to focus on consumer and retail opportunities in the US and Europe

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