Private Equity

Western Europe

Fundraising platform Moonfare wants Asian capital to skyrocket

The Berlin fintech last month snapped up Winson Ng, former head of UBS Wealth Management’s PE team, and Sweta Chattopadhyay, former head of PE at bfinance.

3 min read · 09 December 2020

PEI Roundtable: German private equity rebounds defiantly

Mittelstand deals, venture and corporate carve-outs are all poised to accelerate, while sourcing remains challenging in a covid-19 environment.

10 min read · 30 November 2020

Three Hills founder Moretti launches 'service centre' for new mid-market GPs

Atypical Partner, an emerging manager platform launched by Mauro Moretti, will invest up to €50m in mid-market GPs.

3 min read · 30 November 2020

Partners Group ‘may accept higher prices’ as it adapts to post-covid world

Deal volumes and valuations remain split across sectors despite a rebound in capital markets and the renewed availability of debt, according to the firm’s Private Markets Navigator Outlook 2021.

2 min read · 30 November 2020

Church of England Pension: Private markets are behind public markets on climate change

Climate initiatives by GPs tend to be about sharing good practice rather than systemic assessments across the portfolios, says Stephen Barrie, the pension's deputy director of ethics and engagement.

2 min read · 12 November 2020

European buyouts down 16% in H1 – report

Mega buyouts made up nearly a third of total investment value for the period and was the only investment stage that grew annually, according to a report from Invest Europe.

3 min read · 10 November 2020

How Castik will deploy its second long-term fund

The long-life fund manager raised €1.25bn for its second offering, one of the latest in a strategy garnering more attention amid the crisis.

3 min read · 05 November 2020

Sweden's AP7 prepares for major alternatives allocation boost

The country's largest public pension has been exploring how it could increase its private equity exposure and begin committing to other asset classes, according to head of alternatives Per Olofsson.

2 min read · 04 November 2020

Iberia a rare bright spot as pandemic hits PE buy and builds

TMT deals accounted for a large proportion of private equity add-ons in the second quarter of this year as the move to remote working compounds appetites for tech assets.

2 min read · 03 November 2020

Cinven: PE will play larger role in aiding public companies post-covid-19

With more inflows into the PE industry expected in the next decade, firms can add more value to highly leveraged publicly traded companies, says Cinven partner Jorge Quemada.

2 min read · 28 October 2020

Showing 1,081 to 1,090 of 11,896 results
1…108110…1000