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Multiples Heatmap: PE continues to pay ever more for assets
Deal multiples record a fifth consecutive quarterly increases to reach 11.8x in the second quarter of 2021
Golding opens Swiss office, hires Frühauf
Managing director Beat Frühauf will head Golding's Zurich office, joining from BNP Paribas Schweiz
No sign of summer holiday for PE as dealflow beats records
In June and July 2021, deal volume surpassed 2019's record by 13%, with aggregate value up by 33%
Montagu hires Woehl as ESG manager
Kim Woehl joins following four years as a manager in PwC's sustainability and climate change team
Polaris makes IR and investment team hires
Amanda Platek joins Polaris to establish an investor relations function at the firm
CVC responds to Real Madrid threat of legal action
PE firm terms the legal threat by Real Madrid as "disproportionate" and "baseless"
Real Madrid seeks legal action against LaLiga/CVC deal
Board agrees to initiate both civil and criminal legal action against La Liga's president, CVC's managing partner and CVC itself
Placement agent Ermitage appoints new managing partner
Jerome Bouix joins from Scala Fund Advisory, where he was managing partner
Video: Q&A with Rutland Partners' David Wardrop
David Wardrop joins Unquote editor Greg Gille to discuss how the firm is approaching the post-Covid investment landscape
Secondaries activity rebounds to record USD 55bn in H1 – survey
Direct secondaries account for the majority of transactions for the first time ever, says Setter Capital
Podcast: In conversation with… Kerry Baldwin, IQ Capital & BVCA
New BVCA chair discusses her priorities for the year ahead, the buoyant environment for venture, how to improve PE's public image, and more
KKR hires new director in London
Michaela Wood joins KKR after six years at CVC Capital Partners
Houlihan Lokey to buy GCA
GCA Altium and GCAтs US business will operate under the Houlihan Lokey brand
Novalpina to lose control of EUR 1bn debut fund
GP was founded in 2017 and is notably invested in Israeli spyware business NSO Group
Carlyle raises USD 18.2bn in H1 2021
Increase in AUM is principally driven by a strong haul for the real estate and credit strategies
Capiton raises top-up single asset fund for KD Pharma
GP completed its first single-asset deal for KD Pharma in 2019, having acquired the company in 2013
Eurazeo NAV per share hits record high
AUM grew by +39% over the 12 months to June 2021, to reach €25.6bn
Mega-rounds fuel record H1 for venture and growth
Largest rounds inked in the first six months of 2021 read like a veritable Who's Who of European fintech heavyweights
VC Profile: DN Capital set to deploy in buoyant European VC market
Managing partner and co-founder Nenad Marovac discusses the firm's deployment plans and its view of the European VC market
Bridgepoint lists in GBP 2.9bn IPO
GP's existing shareholders will be selling 139.7 million existing ordinary shares
GPs increasingly ruling out investments due to ESG – survey
Majority of GPs polled by Investec have declined to invest in a company on ESG or ethical grounds
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: H1 review special
The team looks at key takeaways and numbers across deal-doing and fundraising, and ponders where the market might be headed
Bowmark Capital expands team
Jessica Collins, Ben Culverwell, Jamal Lakhani and James Swainston join as investment executives
Silverfleet calls off fundraise for third fund
GP intends to focus on follow-on investments and realisations in its existing portfolio