by Sebastian | Dec 4, 2020 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
After watching from the sidelines as a boom in the listing of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) reshaped U.S. capital markets, Europe is preparing to play catch up next year with around 10 such deals said to already be in the pipeline. SPACs are shell...
by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2020 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
KKR & Co. is preparing to raise another European buyout fund just a year after its last one, having comfortably outspent rivals during the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. private equity firm is in the early stages of...
by Sebastian | Nov 16, 2020 | FPEC, ITPEC, News
Italian pharmacy network Hippocrates Holding said on Monday that private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners had agreed to take an 80% stake in the company. The pharmacy group short-listed four bidders in October for its network of pharmacies with the aim of...
by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | FPEC, News
Paris-based private equity firm Eurazeo has sold its entire shareholding in the online marketplace company Farfetch. This disposal resulted in net proceeds of €90.4m, corresponding to a multiple of 4.1x cash-on-cash and an internal rate of return (IRR) of around 38%....
by Sebastian | Oct 25, 2020 | FPEC, News
France’s state-backed investment bank BPI has launched an innovative fund to provide access for retail investors to private equity strategies as part of a government plan to encourage greater participation in long-term investments. France’s push to open private equity...
by Sebastian | Oct 13, 2020 | FPEC, News
Private equity firm Ardian said on Tuesday it acquired a 50% stake in specialty chemicals maker ANGUS Chemical Company from Golden Gate Capital for a total enterprise value of about $2.25 billion San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital bought ANGUS from The Dow...
