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Alantra buys large chunk of Access CapitalThe deal allows Access, a French fund of funds manager, to 'reaffirm its independence' in the face of a wave of consolidation in Europe.
Inside Meteor5's 'equity-like' strategy to back new GPsThe firm, which counts four MVision executives among its partners, is so confident its emerging manager fund will deliver stellar returns for investors, it’s setting the pref at 20%.
MVision senior executives launch private credit firmMeteor5 Capital, which counts Mounir Guen, Loren Boston and Spanish private equity veteran Javier Loizaga among its partners, is raising a fund to back emerging managers.
Alantra closes third fund on €450mThe fund is the first for the Madrid-based firm since 2008.
- Exclusive: ProA to close fund on €350m hard-cap
The Madrid-based firm has stopped fundraising and will officially close before year-end
- Exclusive: ProA eyes first close of more than €250m
The Madrid-based firm aims to close its second fund on its €350m hard-cap by year-end
- N+1 Mercapital sells facility management business
The exit has generated €49m of capital gains and an annual return of 22%
- Nmas1 looks to lock in return with Salto
The Spanish GP has taken a minority stake in the €160m-valued Spanish lock-maker.
- Friday Letter: A message from Monaco
Many private equity people are in a rather festive mood these days. And so it was at EVCA’s Annual Symposium in Monaco this week, where more than 600 delegates took the opportunity to celebrate the European industry’s most successful year on record. Such was the crowd’s buoyancy at the conference that a novice to private equity might have been wondering whether this kind of investment activity is somehow immune to the kind of market cyclicality that so obviously affects all other asset classes.
- Friday Letter: Not our job
Jeremy Coller, founder of secondaries behemoth Coller Capital, and Javier Loizaga, EVCA chairman and executive partner of Spanish firm Mercapital, joined forces this week to urge investors to face the industry’s critics in the increasingly fierce debate about the asset class.