by Sebastian | Nov 27, 2020 | News, NPCD
Swedish private equity firm EQT and Belgian telecom operator Proximus Group have signed a joint venture agreement to design, build and maintain an optical fibre-to-the-home network in Flanders. The EQT Infrastructure V fund and Proximus said they will build the...
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 20, 2020 | News, NPCD
Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT is once again adding an ESG twist to a popular form of financing among private markets fund managers. The firm has negotiated a €2.7bn fund subscription credit facility that links performance on certain environmental, social and...
by Sebastian | Nov 20, 2020 | ITPEC, News, NPCD
Just over a decade ago, processing electronic payments was largely regarded as a dull back-office function, including by the banks that did it. A deal this week to create one of Europe’s largest payments companies is a reminder of a group that took a very different...
by Sebastian | Nov 17, 2020 | News, NPCD
Epidemic Sound AB is considering a sale or initial public offering that could value the Swedish music licensing business at more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with an adviser to explore...
by Sebastian | Nov 15, 2020 | ITPEC, News, NPCD
Italian payments processor Nexi SpA agreed to buy private equity-owned rival Nets A/S, a month after purchasing a state-backed competitor and creating one of Europe’s biggest payment providers. The all-share deal values Copenhagen-based Nets at 7.8 billion euros ($9.2...
