AMB :- Asset managers take advantage of strong capital markets, boost headcount, and compensation

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Listed asset managers, which hit record revenues and assets under management in the first quarter of 2021, are increasing their overall headcount and compensation said a study. According to a...Article Link

Dutch payments startup Mollie secures €665m fundraise

Blackstone gets behind Mollie as it takes on the European payments space

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – The Bahamas 2021

Since 2019, The Bahamas is the global leader in e-money when it launched its "sand dollar" - a digital version of the Bahamas Dollar and controlled by the central bank - effectively beating China&'s "digital

High-Tech Gründerfonds to launch fourth seed fund

Germany-based seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has announced that it is to launch its fourth seed fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds IV.

ABN Amro launches €425m Sustainable Impact Fund

Dutch bank ABN Amro has announced the launch of its €425m Sustainable Impact Fund (SIF), a vehicle that will make both private equity and venture capital investments with a focus on sustainability.

Opalesque Exclusive: SFDR is a “mixture of blunt objects and scalpels” (part 2)

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Matt Breidert, senior portfolio manager and managing director of Listed Sustainable Infrastructure & Energy Transition at TortoiseEcofin, talks to Opalesque about the influence of the new U.S...Article Link

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: SFDR is a "mixture of blunt objects and scalpels" (part 2)

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Matt Breidert, senior portfolio manager and managing director of Listed Sustainable Infrastructure & Energy Transition at TortoiseEcofin, talks to Opalesque about the influence of the new U.S...Article Link

Clearlake’s Unifrax Inks Big Public Add-On

Unifrax, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital, has agreed to acquire publicly traded Lydall at an enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion. Clearlake acquired Unifrax from American Securities in October 2018. Lydall (NYSE: LDL) designs

Platinum Sews Up Singer

Platinum Equity has agreed to acquire a majority stake in SVP-Singer Holdings (“SVP Worldwide”), the world’s largest consumer sewing machine company. Singer was formed in 1851 by Isaac Singer and Edward Clark. The company began

Palladium Creates Position, Hires Business Development Director

Palladium Equity has added Meahgan O’Grady to its team as Director of Business Development, a newly-created position. Through her past work experience, Ms. O’Grady brings to Palladium numerous relationships across multiple channels, including development teams

UK universities team up to launch Impact 12 fund

Twelve UK universities have joined forces to create an impact investment fund, Impact 12, to support mission-led university ventures.

UK biotech startup Ochre lands seed financing to combat liver diseases

UK company initially seeks to make certain liver transplants more successful

Time for private markets to go public on ESG

Data and transparency will be central if private equity is to meet investors’ concerns about sustainability

EverArc to Buy SK Capital’s Fire-Fighting Products Maker

EverArc Holdings, a publicly-listed acquisition company, has agreed to acquire Perimeter Solutions, a portfolio company of SK Capital, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. Perimeter was formed by SK Capital in March 2018

UK fintech Wise to go public in London direct listing

Money-transfer service, formerly known as TransferWise, has boomed during pandemic

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