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Sponsored video: Secondcap's François Gamblin on the secondaries market
Video: Secondcap's François Gamblin
Advent Life Sciences gets re-up for latest fund
Advent Life Sciences Fund I, a 2010 vintage venture vehicle managed by Advent Venture Partners, was reopened to accept a new commitment as well as increased investments from existing LPs.
Maven reaps 3.7x on Nessco exit
Maven Capital Partners has exited telecommunications provider Nessco Group in a £31m trade sale to US-based RigNet, generating a 3.7x money multiple on its original investment.
Video: Arle's John Arney on the European buyout market
Video: Arle's John Arney
unquote" Private Equity Barometer - Q2 2012
A three-quarter slide in the overall value of European private equity deals was halted in Q2, according to the latest unquote" Private Equity Barometer published in association with Arle Capital Partners.
AXA PE nears €1bn Fives deal
Charterhouse is set to sell French engineering company Fives to AXA Private Equity and the company's management, according to reports.
Have your say: where is the Italian market going?
unquote" is looking for your views on the Italian private equity market, ahead of our Italia Congress in November.
Fundraising a chief concern for Nordic PE professionals
While the AIFM Directive was on everybody's agenda last year, fundraising is the main concern for most of the private equity practitioners polled in the latest unquote" Nordic Survey.
EdRIP backs Edimark Santé OBO
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) has taken a minority stake in the owner buyout of medcdtll, a newco regrouping French medical publishing companies Edimark Santé and Espace Information Dentaire.
Nordic Survey 2012
The second edition of unquote's Nordic Survey, published in association with Delphi, paints a picture of optimism among local private equity professionals.
Nordic market bolstered by strong exits
The majority of Nordic private equity practitioners surveyed by unquote" in association with Delphi predict returns of more than 15% for upcoming investments.
Bridgepoint acquires La Compagnie du Ponant
Bridgepoint has entered exclusive talks to buy French cruise operator La Compagnie du Ponant from its parent company CMA CGM Group.
AXA PE continues secondaries spree with OMERS portfolio purchase
AXA Private Equity has acquired a portfolio of 11 private equity fund investments and related unfunded commitments from OMERS Private Equity.
Hellman & Friedman buys Wood Mackenzie in £1.1bn SBO
Hellman & Friedman has acquired a majority stake in UK-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie from Charterhouse in a deal that values the business at £1.1bn.
Perfectis PE spins out of Euler Hermes
Industrial holding HLD has bought a stake in French GP Perfectis Private Equity from credit insurer group Euler Hermes France, alongside the Perfectis management.
Sponsored video: The PE software solutions market
unquote" news editor Greg Gille discusses current trends in the private equity software solutions market with eFront founder, president and CEO Olivier Dellenbach.
Q&A: AFIC’s Louis Godron
Q&A: AFIC’s Louis Godron
VCs exit Elbee in trade sale
XAnge Private Equity, OTC Asset Management and Nextstage have sold their stakes in French online home furnishings retailer Elbee to trade buyer Adeo.
3i slashes third of workforce
3i has confirmed the extent of its cost-cutting strategy, which will see the firm lay off 160 staff and close several offices worldwide.
Awards tips – entries due this Friday
As the deadline for entries nears, unquote" is receiving lots of questions about the Awards. Here are some of the most popular queries and our responses.
UK Awards entries due in one week
Entries for the unquote" British Private Equity Awards are due Friday, 13 July.
Vauban and Participex take 25% stake in NCS
Vauban Partenaires and subsidiary Participex Gestion have acquired a 25% stake in French IT systems provider NCS.
Private equity allocations cautiously up, says LPEQ study
Around 16% of investors expect to increase their private equity allocation within the next six months, according to the recently released Scorpio Partnership LPEQ High-Net-Worth Asset Allocator survey.
LPs getting to grips with private equity’s bad reputation
PE's image issue