by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Global buyout giant Blackstone has scored more than $3.1bn of LP capital for its debut fund dedicated to growth capital investing. The firm has picked up commitments for Blackstone Growth Fund from 88 investors to date, a US securities filing shows. Blackstone...
by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Fort Point Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on investing in service-oriented companies in the lower middle market, announced today that it has completed fundraising for FPC Small Cap Fund II. The Fund will enable Fort Point to continue its investment...
by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
A former boss of Greene King has raised £200m to invest in Britain’s ailing pubs industry, betting on the prospects of a post-pandemic recovery for the sector. Sky News has learnt that Rooney Anand, who spent nearly 15 years as chief executive of one of...
by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Annual global investment in the energy transition surpassed $500bn for the first time last year, outstripping 2019 as the wind and solar power sectors forged ahead despite the economic tumult caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new figures from Bloomberg....
by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has approved the long-mooted Six Nations investment offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. The national governing body’s board met to give its go ahead for CVC, which has been in exclusive talks with the northern...
by Sebastian | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Madrid-based financial services firm Allfunds plans to list its shares on Euronext Amsterdam in an initial public offering that would value the firm at between 6 billion and 7 billion euros ($7.3 billion-$8.5 billion), Spain’s Expansion newspaper reported on Tuesday....
