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Letter from the editor: Unquote is moving to Mergermarket
Unquote Editor Harriet Matthews outlines Unquote.com's upcoming move to the Mergermarket platform and the new capabilities and intelligence that this brings to Unquote readers
Stonehage Fleming raises USD 130m for largest fund to date, eyes 2024 programme
Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets
EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater
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Analysis
VC Profile: Possible Ventures lines up frontier tech deals halfway through fresh EUR 60m fundraise
Germany-based pre-seed investor is set to hold a first close for its third fund in mid-September
People Moves
Letter from the editor: Unquote is moving to Mergermarket
Unquote Editor Harriet Matthews outlines Unquote.com's upcoming move to the Mergermarket platform and the new capabilities and intelligence that this brings to Unquote readers
CapMan Managing Partner Johan Pålsson to depart
PУЅlsson resigns from management effective immediately; to stay as buyout partner until February 2024
Expert Voices
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: In conversation with... Alex Walsh, Blackstone
Senior Managing Director Alex Walsh discusses topics including his career in the PE industry, LGBTQ+ representation and inclusion, and the current macro environment
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Overcoming the exit impasse
Unquote assesses the obstacles to executing successful exits and speaks to Equistone senior partner Steve OтHare about the GPтs approach to its recent realisations
Market Insight
Going, going, not gone: PE auctions bid for relevance amid risk-off environment
With a debt financing drought and macro woes denting exits, GPs are adapting the traditional M&A auction in favour of more flexible bilateral negotiations to get deals across the line
Strategics pull back from PE sales as macro uncertainty bites
Share of trade exits hits lowest point in three years as corporates shore up balance sheets to navigate economic woes
Final close: Sponsors fight through buyout fundraising drought
With EUR 100.5bn in commitments this year, European buyout fundraising is likely to be the lowest since 2018