Craig McGlashan

Insurance in vogue as JC Flowers makes Italian play; Kartesia supports Goetzpartners MBO; Winterberg portfolio company makes women’s health add-on

Consulbrokers is an insurance broker with headquarters in Milan.

Ardian outlines Vista Vision consolidation plans; CVC joins KKR in Superstruct Entertainment; Private equity signs energy transition deals

Superstruct owns and operates over 80 music festivals across 10 countries in Europe and Australia.

Verdane spills the beans on Cropster plans; EQT, MiddleGround wrap up take-privates; KKR, TPG, Tikehau, Oakley and LLCP sign deals

Cropster, based in Tyrol, Austria, provides software to coffee professionals who produce, buy, roast and sell coffee through wholesale and retail channels.

Mutares to buy steel company Buderus Edelstahl; Bridgepoint in for crop input tech provider; Cube exits bus operator; UK co-investments on the rise

Buderus Edelstahl was established in 1731 and produces high-quality special steels.

Neuberger Berman, EQT and CPP to buy Nord Anglia Education for $14.5bn; Private equity rethinks soccer investments; CD&R brings in BPI France on Opella

Nord Anglia operates over 80 schools in 33 countries, educating more than 85,000 students from ages two to 18.

Private equity reappraises soccer transfer market after court ruling

The ruling could have a ‘similar systemic undermining effect as NIL and the O’Bannon antitrust case has had on the NCAA in the United States,’ says Bluestone Equity Partners’ Bobby Sharma.

Riverside sees healthy 2025 for lower mid-market; Verdane buys into coffee software biz; Wendel wraps up 50% stake in Globeducate

Jeremy Holland and Ali Al Alaf from Riverside visit the PE Hub newsroom.

Armen leverages Europe’s heterogeneous market to diversify GP stakes portfolio

The GP stakes market in Europe is on an upward trend, according to managing director and head of UK Catherine Haumesser.

European GP stakes market grows as Armen talks up heterogeneity; General Atlantic joins Bridgepoint in liquidity tech biz Kyriba

Kyriba provides intelligence and financial automation products for companies and banks.

Armen leverages Europe’s heterogeneous market to diversify GP stakes portfolio

‘We don't want any overlapping GPs,’ says managing director Catherine Haumesser. The firm looks for managers that don’t respond to the same macro forces.