Inflexion-backed Alcumus acquires Banyard and ContractorCheck

Inflexion-backed Alcumus has acquired workplace management companies Banyard Solutions and ContractorCheck.

Carlyle co-CEO launches effort to get unemployed residents in US state back to work

Glenn Youngkin launches Virginia Ready Initiative to help retrain out-of-work Virginians for high-demand jobs and connect them with employment opportunities

BGF software, IT investment drive in 2020 continues with Juriba deal

UK growth investor BGF has backed IT migration software provider Juriba, to accelerate its product development and drive its international scale.

Blackstone buys into trio of Hollywood studio lots, offices at $1.65bn valuation

Blackstone has agreed to pick up a 49% stake in a trio of Hollywood film studios and five on-lot or adjacent offices at a gross portfolio valuation of $1.65bn.

PE firms looking to refinance their businesses should move now to maximise options

Waiting for better pricing will prove a false economy if companies end up months later regretting not securing the capital and liquidity buffer they needed when it was available

What today’s bailouts can do for tomorrow’s economies

The pandemic has ushered in an era in which public policy will play a larger economic role than seemed imaginable just a few months ago

How a former navy seal helped launch nearly 60 start-ups this year

Among the firm’s investors are some of its team members, family offices, high net worth individuals, and other LPs

Former EQT execs sail towards SEK1bn goal for second MVI fundraise

A pair of former EQT execs are more than halfway to their SEK1bn ($106m) target for their second private equity fundraise through their firm MVI Advisors.

Australian business bank Zeller raises AUD $6.3m ahead of 2021 launch

New alternative business banking platform Zeller has reportedly raised AUD $6.3m ($4.3m) in a funding round as it aims for a 2021 launch.

US insurers’ private equity holdings continue to climb

Opalesque Industry Update - U.S. insurance companies increased their private equity holdings by nearly 10% in 2019 to $81.3 billion, marking the fourth straight year of increases. Private equity remains attractive to insurers looking to

Swiss asset managers: no rapid economic recovery in sight

Opalesque Industry Update - Investment experts working at Swiss-based asset management firms have a distinctly negative view of the outlook for Switzerland 's economy and the financial markets as a result of the coronavirus crisis,

Ex-Advent exec joins newly launched private equity firm

Bram Grimmelt will head bd-capital’s Benelux investment division

Silver Investment Partners-backed Alvara bolts on IT Kompetenz

Cash management software producer Alvara, a portfolio company of Silver Investment Partners, has acquired Hamburg-based cash logistics and management software developer IT Kompetenz.

Equistone-backed FirstPort to merge with Mainstay

Equistone Partners Europe portfolio company FirstPort is to merge with domestic property and asset management company Mainstay Group.

Warburg reinvests in Wex amid company legal battle over planned $1.7bn eNett, Optal buyout

Warburg Pincus has made a $400m investment in New York-listed payments provider Wex as the company looks to bolster its balance sheet amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

EMH promotes Schwarz as partner

Munich-headquartered EMH Partners has promoted Dominik Schwarz as partner, effective as of 1 July 2020.

GCP takes minority in CubeLogic

Growth Capital Partners has taken a minority stake in enterprise risk management service CubeLogic.

UK government under pressure to create a race charter for finance sector

High-profile figures from finance and politics have called on the Treasury to set up a programme for financial services, akin to the government’s Women in Finance charter

Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference 2020

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that Scott C. Nuttall, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference 2020 on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at

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