GPs
EQT faces selldown dilemma as realisation pressure dawns
Swedish GP still holds large stakes in Azelis, Suse more than 18 months after listings; could look to selldown in H2 2023
Siparex-backed TiLT in final leg of fundraise for energy transition vehicle
Energy transition investor TiLT Capital Partners could reach more than EUR 250m in fund size
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
Perwyn hires Five Arrows' investment manager for Paris office
Stéphane Gaudard joins five months after the UK-based sponsor hired head of France
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Après IPEM and the road ahead
Harriet Matthews and Min Ho share what they gleaned from the conference in Cannes and what this means for investment and fundraising outlooks
Carlyle private equity fundraising slumps behind peers
Sponsor remains on the road for its eighth flagship fund amid turmoil at CEO-level, with fundraising lagging behind peers KKR and EQT
Eurazeo shakes up executive board; CEO Virginie Morgon to depart
New board members are chairmen Christophe Bavière and William Kadouch-Chassaing, as well as Sophie Flak and Olivier Millet
Bowmark bolsters investment team with two hires
Laura Clayfield and Raj Mukherji have joined the London-based mid-market sponsor
Capiton moves two assets to continuation vehicle; Fund V largely unrealised
Eurazeo and Unigestion among LPs in new fund for industrial tech businesses Raith and AEMtec
BlackRock mulls new vintage of private capital products for sophisticated retail investors in Europe
Global asset manager explores new generation of private market funds for wealthy individuals banking on positive uptake from retail investors
Brookfield acquires DWS private equity secondaries unit
Asset manager plans expansion into PE GP-leds, bolstering its existing real estate secondaries strategy
GP Profile: Key Capital upbeat about SME deals with next fund in the making
UK small-cap sponsor could return to market for its next GBP 125m fund at the end of 2023
GP Profile: Armen eyes “new frontier” for GP stakes in Europe
France-headquartered GP stakes investor is seeking to support sponsors as they become multi-strategy managers, co-founder Dominique Gaillard tells Unquote
Women in VC: Revaia’s Albizzati on founding a female-led firm and navigating valuations in 2023
Co-founder Alice Albizzati outlines the growth equity firm's priorities as it heads for the final close of its EUR 500m Fund II
IPEM 2023: GPs battle fundraising blues on the Côte d'Azur
Sponsors remain broadly optimistic despite fundraise bottlenecks and a growing number of LPs faced with tough choices on manager selection
Equistone to exit Acuity in sale to Permira
Sale of financial services research group follows process with early discussions between vendor and bidders
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 26 January 2023
Unquote’s selection of the latest add-ons, with ICG's Circet, Five Arrows' Mintec, Carlyle's Jagex, and more
German health minister’s 'locust sponsors' comments spook live healthcare deals
New entrants scared by remarks on limiting profits; existing investors expected to rush to complete bolt-ons
Ardian plans North American drive with tech, services deals on radar
French sponsor looks to more than double exposure to US and Canada when next flagship buyout fund launches
Flight to quality, impact investing to drive allocations in 2023 – HarbourVest
Asset manager’s investment team discusses secondaries and co-investment dynamics amid a challenging fundraising market
Waterland raises EUR 4bn for buyout and minority funds
Flagship fund closed EUR 1bn above predecessor amid a tough fundraising environment for midcap GPs
DBAG turns focus to proprietary dealflow as auctions slowdown
Valuations could cool off as debt availability tightens, German GP's partner Thilo-Anyas Koenig tells Unquote
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
Montagu exits Maincare to state-owned Docaposte in off-market deal
Hospital software group considered "missing piece" in buyer's healthcare digitalisation strategy