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Financing

Lender taking the keys from a sponsor
Ares Management handed keys to two-thirds of UK sponsor’s portfolio

Lender provided GBP 500m for three of the GP's deals between 2016 and 2019, Debtwire reported

  • Financing
  • 30 August 2023
The Unquote Private Equity Podcast
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Overcoming the exit impasse

Unquote assesses the obstacles to executing successful exits and speaks to Equistone senior partner Steve O’Hare about the GP’s approach to its recent realisations

  • Exits
  • 12 July 2023
Mergermarket Private Equity Forum Italy 2023
PE purchases stall in Italy as buyers lose faith – PE Forum Italy

PE players are hoping that valuation expectations will align in 2H 2023, easing dealmaking backlog

  • Southern Europe
  • 12 July 2023
Peer-to-peer lending
Portable refis pave way for smoother sponsor exits in rocky market

Sellers are aiming to bolster buyer confidence, securing debt that can be transferred to the next LBO

  • Financing
  • 10 July 2023
Loan agreement
HSBC expects dealflow uptick and higher returns with second direct lending vintage

Second vintage expects to build on USD 580m in current commitments, with first deal expected in July

  • Debt
  • 19 June 2023
Businessmen having a conversation in a boardroom
BlackRock buys growth and venture debt provider Kreos

Global asset manager plans to broaden Global Credit business with fresh acquisition

  • GPs
  • 09 June 2023
InterContinental Berlin Hotel
From slash-and-burn to grow-and-earn: private equity changes tack

Rising cost of capital means value-creation will be vital for next decade of private equity, SuperReturn participants said

  • Industry
  • 09 June 2023
David Theys of Houlihan Lokey
Houlihan Lokey poaches Nielen Schuman’s Theys to open up Antwerp office

Hire to cement Houlihan Lokey’s position in Belgium, which represents 30% of the advisor’s Benelux deals

  • People
  • 19 April 2023
Credit Suisse Headquarters building and UBS building to the left Paradeplatz Bahnhofstrasse Zurich
European sponsors sidestep panic, concede gloom over bank woes

Fallout from Credit Suisse collapse adds to slew of macroeconomic challenges for PE dealmaking and fundraising

  • Industry
  • 22 March 2023
Bolt-ons and buy-and-build platforms
Constructive approach: PEs turn to bolt-ons amid exits and debt crunch

Buy-and-build strategies to take centre stage for sponsors faced with longer holding periods and tough market for platform investments

  • Investments
  • 09 February 2023
James Charalambides of Adams Street
Adams Street launches private credit platform in Europe

Investor hires James Charalambides from Sixth Street to lead new strategy out of London

  • GPs
  • 26 September 2022
Insurtech services and software
Adelis to sell Säkra in SBO to Cinven

Acquisition of Swedish insurance company marks fourth deal through GP’s Strategic Financials Fund

  • Exits
  • 06 September 2022
Wealth managers and financial advisers
AnaCap could explore Wealthtime sale in 12 months

Sponsor formed the UK-based wealth management platform via a three-business merger

  • Exits
  • 19 August 2022
Top exec has left the building
Morgan Stanley equity solutions MD departs

Gautier Martin-Regnier has left after nine years at the bank; expected to join sovereign wealth fund

  • People
  • 05 August 2022
Leaving the company
Deutsche Bank head of EMEA equity-linked departs

Xavier Lagache is no longer in the role after more than a decade; replacement not announced

  • People
  • 28 July 2022
Promotions and recruitment
Pemberton strengthens team with four senior hires

Anders Svenningsen, Christoph Polomsky, James Taylor and Sally Tankard join the firm’s European offices

  • People
  • 20 July 2022
European Finance Sponsor Buyouts 2020-2022
Sponsors brave the storm amid drop in financial services M&A

GP buyouts in the financial services space reached a two-year high in H1 2022 as rising financing costs and a brewing recession cloud the sector's M&A outlook

  • Industry
  • 18 July 2022
European PE houses set to benefit from increasingly friendly borrowing environment for remainder of 2015
PE capital calls at 10-year low in 2021– Investec

Research cited the prevalence of fund financing and the increasing size of funds as reasons for the slow-down

  • Fundraising
  • 01 June 2022
Thomas Doyle of Pemberton
Pemberton assesses European market for NAV strategy

Having hired Tom Doyle from 17Capital, the firm is looking at trends including generational change and market consolidation that will drive demand for strategy

  • Financing
  • 31 May 2022
Pierre-Antoine de Selancy  Fokke Lucas  Augustin Duhamel  Emad Shahin  Robert de Corainville and David Wilson of 17Capital
17Capital promotes three to partner

David Wilson, Emad Shahin and Fokke Lucas join the firm's three existing managing partners

  • People
  • 12 May 2022
Thomas Doyle of Pemberton
Pemberton launches NAV financing strategy with new hire

Thomas Doyle joins alternative credit specialist from 17Capital

  • People
  • 06 April 2022
Pierre-Antoine de Selancy of 17Capital
GP Profile: 17Capital eyes buoyant NAV financing market

Unquote speaks to managing partner Pierre-Antoine de Selancy about the GP's strategy and market view

  • GPs
  • 22 March 2022
Deals and transactions
Oaktree and 17Capital announce strategic partnership

Oaktree is to take a majority stake in the London-headquartered specialised NAV financing provider

  • GPs
  • 10 March 2022
Online shopping
FSI buys 60% of Iccrea's digital payments arm at EUR 500m EV

Carve-out deal is the ninth investment from FSI I, which closed on EUR 1.4bn in February 2019 and is now 75% deployed

  • Buyouts
  • 01 February 2022
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