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Side Letter: Nordic Capital's second bite, LP class system, LBOs hit lowIn an era of high pricing and a potential downturn around the corner, buyers are finding more ways to maintain exposure to quality assets, as Nordic Capital has just done. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
PEI Awards 2018: EMEA winnersFirms, deals, fundraises and country-specific awards for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Cathay Capital reaches halfway mark for second China-Europe fundBpifrance and China Development Bank are cornerstone investors in the fund targeting a €1.2bn capital raise.
Buyout firms unfazed by competition from LPs on dealsThe appearance of limited partners on the buyside of deals has helped open up the market, according to dealmakers from KKR, Bridgepoint, PAI Partners and Astorg Partners at a conference in Cannes.
Blackstone’s Baratta: Avoid over-allocating to 2016 fundsThe alternative assets giant's global head of private equity said it is a 'treacherous' time for investors, who face soaring asset prices and low returns, and warned LPs not to repeat the pre-crisis mistake of over-committing capital to the sector.
- Not-so-hard-cap
With some firms blowing through theirs, and others waiting long into the fundraising process before setting one, is the hard-cap still meaningful?
- Astorg hits extended hard-cap on Fund VI
The firm said it stretched its hard-cap to €2.1bn to accommodate investor demand.
- Astorg tunes into pay-TV
The French firm has bought a majority stake in M7 from Providence
- Montagu buys Sebia for the second time
Cinven books a 2.4x return on the sale of Sebia, a medical technology business.
- Astorg takes over French nuclear subsidiary
The Paris-based firm has acquired the nuclear measurement unit of French group Areva, as part of a programme aimed at deleveraging the state-owned company by €1.2bn.