by Simon | Jan 15, 2021 | News, PPEC
Sandberg Capital has closed its second private equity fund – Sandberg Investment Fund II – at EUR109 million. For the first time Sandberg welcomes the European Investment Fund and Tatra banka among its investors. The investment marks a first for both investors – the...
by Simon | Dec 12, 2020 | News, PPEC
Balkan telecoms and media company United Group, owned by private equity firm BC Partners, said on Friday it was in talks with Advance Media Group to acquire Bulgaria’s largest multi-platform media company Nova Broadcasting Group. United Group, which acquired...
by Simon | 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 Simon | Nov 26, 2020 | News, PPEC
Warsaw-based private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has bought the entire shareholding in Scanmed, a Polish healthcare network operator, for €76m. The purchase, made by the Abris CEE Mid-Market III LP fund, is for 100% of the shares in Scanmed from the seller Life...
by Simon | 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 Simon | Nov 10, 2020 | News, PPEC
Sazka Group and its owner KKCG said on Tuesday funds connected to private equity firm Apollo Global Management had agreed to invest 500 million euros ($591 million) in the Czech-based lottery group. The investment will be made into Sazka Entertainment, a new...
