GPs
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
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
GP Profile: NB Renaissance outlines acquisition and exit plans in final stretch of current fund deployment
Nearing full deployment for its third fund, Italian private equity firm is prepping one more deal and at least one exit by year-end
Portfolio Stock Exchange bets on uptick in PE fund listings
Exchange will initially seek Spanish closed-ended funds of EUR 40m-EUR 120m for listing
Many-headed Hydra: Private markets manager consolidation rears its head
Multi-asset managers set to roll-up credit, infrastructure and secondaries players to add strategies for scale
Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2023: submissions open
Submit your entry for the 2023 Unquote British Private Equity Awards before 7 August at 4pm
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: PE perspectives from Berlin
Unquoteтs Min Ho and Rachel Lewis digest the key takeaways from this yearтs SupeReturn
EU Foreign Subsidies rules hold specific challenges for PE
Sovereign wealth funds and pension funds commitments may trigger EC attention under new EU foreign subsidies regulation
Synova sells minority stake to Bonaccord
Passive minority GP stake deal sees Synova join UK peers including MML and Inflexion in taking on external capital
Cariano sponsor Atena Equity Partners sells business and preps new fund
Atena III will invest in complex buyouts, particularly distressed assets and succession issues
ICG hires Cestar as global head of credit
Cestar has more than 25 yearsт industry experience, including with Credit Suisse in London and New York
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
GP Profile: Bregal Milestone explores generative AI opportunities for portfolio companies
Plans seven further deals from recently closed EUR 770m fund
Women in VC: Lima Ventures' Argun on exit plans and gender-equal investing
Turkish VC firm manages three funds, including Alima, which helps its portfolio companies attract global investment
Astorg cuts flagship fundraising target with EUR 4bn raised
French GP initially expected to raise around EUR 6.5bn for eighth flagship fund, Unquote previously reported
European LPs bullish on 2024 PE fund vintages – Coller Capital
LPs remain positive on PE but are considering increasing infra and private credit allocations, latest survey shows
BlackRock buys growth and venture debt provider Kreos
Global asset manager plans to broaden Global Credit business with fresh acquisition
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
Keensight Capital opens US office
New Boston base will allow growth buyout investor to support US expansion of its portfolio companies
GP Profile: Limerston Capital anticipates higher volume but more complex M&A as market steadies
UK-based GP is seeing dealflow driven by carve-outs and buy-and-build in a market where organic multiple arbitrage is no longer a given
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: In conversation with... Fabio Ranghino, Ambienta
In an interview with Unquote, Ranghino discusses topics including ESG and the next phase of Ambienta’s growth
Pemberton hires head of Sustainable Investing
Alternative credit lender poaches Niamh Whooley from Goldman Sachs, where she led its fixed income ESG integration team
MML Capital sells GP stake to Wafra and Investcorp
Mid-market PE firm's deal comes amid rise of new entrants into the European GP stakes landscape
WestBridge adds two to investment team
Jessica Ledger and Luke Gilbert have joined the UK-based lower mid-market GP as investment executives