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Italmobiliare buys Clessidra for €20m
Italian holding company Italmobiliare has wholly acquired the GP
TPG holds final close on $10.5bn
Vehicle is the first buyout fund raised by the GP since the global financial crisis
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Blurring the lines
Part four: with an increasing number of VC-backed tech unicorns, private equity players are changing the face of later-stage funding rounds
Investment banks Altium and GCA Savvian merge
Valued in excess of £250m, the two firms generated combined revenues of £120m in 2015
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: The new deal
Part three: is private equity waking up to the realities of investing in companies at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
Endless appoints Lloyds' Stout as director
New London-based recruit will oversee the deployment of debt from the GP's fourth fund
Deal-by-deal emerges as contender to fund-based investing
LP appetite for co-investment has led to the increasing popularity of the deal-by-deal approach; we assess two GPs that have employed both strategies
Alcedo holds final close on €195m for fourth fund
International investors have doubled their commitments, making up 50% of LP capital
Deal in Focus: Silverfleet's sale of Kalle proves viability of SBOs
CD&R becomes the sausage casing producer's fifth institutional owner as GPs are increasingly feeling the need to deploy their dry powder
Debevoise promotes Smith to partner
Private equity specialist Smith works across acquisitions and debt transactions
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Seizing the initiative
Part two: private equity players must embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution and identify when challenges can be turned into opportunities
Banca Carige rejects Apollo bid
Non-binding offer consisted of €550m for capital increase and purchase of non-performing loans
Baird acquires Bfinance
Transaction comes months after GP exited Alpha FMC, another investment advisory business
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Proceed with caution
Part one: technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for private equity?
Private equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Digitalisation and technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for PE?
Disruption case study: Apperio
Real-time legal fees tracking platform Apperio is trying to disintermediate PE legal services market
Catalyst promotes Holden to partner
New partner oversees the advisory firm's London-based business services team
Q&A: Rutland Partners' David Wardrop
Partner David Wardrop discusses how the firmтs past experience of special-situations investing benefits its new portfolio companies
Comment: Change creates the future
Grant Thornton's Charles Toosey discusses how to attract graduates and investment into a reawakening industrials sector
KCP appoints FTI's Excell as investment manager
New hire will identify potential acquisitions for firm's first institutional fund
Italmobiliare offers to buy majority stake in Clessidra for €16m
The binding offer is for the entire stake in the Italian private equity house
In Profile: HgCapital
Following an active start to the year, unquote" delves into the firm's sector-focus-approach and looks at its portfolio highlights
Endless appoints Addleshaw Goddard's Smith as partner
New recruit worked on the firm's secondary buyout deal for Bright Blue Foods
Ares holds final close for fifth fund on $7.85bn
Fund will make a mixture of debt and equity investments across Europe and the US