by Sebastian | Dec 21, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News
More German institutional investors are planning to allocate to private debt in the coming years, with the corporate segment poised to attract the most first-time buyers, according to a survey conducted by the country’s association for alternative investments BAI....
by Sebastian | Dec 15, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News, UKPEC
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Canyon Bicycles. As part of the transaction, significant minority shareholder TSG Consumer Partners will fully exit its stake. The founder, Roman Arnold, will remain the Chairman...
by Sebastian | Dec 14, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News, UKPEC
British petrol-station operator EG Group has agreed to buy Austrian oil and gas company OMV’s network of 285 petrol stations in southern Germany for 485 million euros ($589 million), OMV said on Monday. OMV had put the network up for sale as part of a divestment plan...
by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News
The German government will buy a 25.1% stake in German defence supplier Hensoldt from private equity company KKR for 464 million euros ($562 million), people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday. The sources said the purchase is intended to ward off a foreign...
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 | Dec 2, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News
More than 20 private equity firms are in the running to invest €300m in the Bundesliga, as Germany’s top football league embarks on a radical plan to roll out an international online subscription service. Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL), the body that runs Germany’s top...
