Investments
Q&A: 3i’s Olinick and Bakker on managing the tech/services convergence
Andrew Olinick, partner and co-head of 3i's North America business, and Netherlands-based director Mark Bakker talk tech and services
Resilient Romania attracting PE
PE investment across all brackets has picked up in Romania this year, and CEE stalwart Mid Europa has just opened an office in the country
Danish pension funds set out green investment ambitions
Danish pension funds are set to commit DKK 350bn ($50bn) to green investments
H1 Review: Deal volume steady in southern Europe; value drops
Region recorded 70 buyouts worth an aggregate value of €11.2bn in the first six months of the year
H1 Review: Nordic pricing frothy as cross-border capital pours in
Nordic region retained its position as the most expensive place in Europe for private equity firms to buy companies in Q2 2019
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Cloudy with a chance of slowdown
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses H1 stats and looks ahead
H1 Review: Fundraising and local capital herald CEE buyout revival
Baltic market stands out, recording a higher than usual share of the wider region's dealflow
H1 Review: Large-cap value drives Benelux buyout activity
H1's aggregate value of €11.1bn resulted in a 60% increase on H2 2018, and reveals large-cap activity remains strong in the region
Buying and building the modern school
Investments in European private schools and colleges have proven enriching for PE over the past two decades
H1 Review: Cloudy with a chance of slowdown
With European deployment tapering in the first half, Unquote crunches the numbers and gauges market expectations for the months ahead
H1 Review: GPs seek sourcing alternatives in busy French market
While French PE performed well, GPs lost out to corporate buyers on more deals than usual
H1 Review: UK transactions hit by Brexit impact
Total of 96 buyouts recorded by Unquote Data during the period marks the lowest volume seen in the country since H1 2016
Q2 Barometer: small-cap boom offsets mid-market lull
Europe records 533 buyout, expansion and early-stage investments over Q2, a nine-quarter low
Rural idyll: buyout players aim for Germany's countryside
Germany's private equity landscape is characterised by buyouts in sometimes unlikely locations
Nordic region sees highest entry multiples for sixth quarter running
Q2 edition of the Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap finds a slight cooldown across Europe, though the average multiple still exceeds 10x
GPs hungry for Benelux's food and beverages sector
From 2014 to date, Benelux has surpassed all other European regions in terms of large-cap buyouts in the food sector
France gearing up for a carve-out comeback
EY's recently published Corporate Divestment report makes encouraging reading for French GPs looking for corporate carve-out opportunities
Food for thought: how PE can build a sustainable supply chain
Food production was one of the longer-term investment trends discussed during the Allocate event in June
Legal issues with minority stake transactions
Negotiation points for both parties and key conflicts of interests to avoid
Fund managers turn to steady and reliable Ireland
Buyouts in Ireland have been steadily rising in recent years, with 12 deals in each of 2017 and 2018
Rewriting the rulebook: how technology is disrupting PE
A round-up of key takeaways from speakers at Unquote's Allocate conference in June
Italy: exit routes open up as foreign capital pours in
Exit routes for Italian-owned companies was a key theme at Unquote's Milan forum in early July
UK loses shine as continental Europe attracts dealflow – comment
Private equity still looks to the UK for finance, but the deals now go elsewhere in Europe, writes Mayer Brown's Stuart Brinkworth
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Allocate special
Listen to the latest episode of the Unquote Private Equity Podcast, in which the team discusses all the hot topics from Allocate
