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Worldline's sale of TSS to Apollo stalls over deal terms
Apollo's offer was estimated to be a little short of EUR 2.5bn when it entered exclusive negotiations over the summer
PE funds rework packaging investments around ESG concerns
Can private equity's decades-long love affair with the packaging industry last?
DWS holds USD 550m final close for first PES fund
GP's first institutional fund will partner with lower- and mid-market GPs for mid-life secondaries
General Atlantic flagship fund GA 2021 closes on USD 7.8bn
Sixth flagship growth equity fund is more than twice the size of its USD 3.3bn predecessor
Advent International and Eurazeo acquire Datatrans
GPs plan to combine Datatrans with Planet to create a global integrated payments group
LBO France secures Alliance Marine takeover from Weinberg
Deal values the target at around EUR 200m (10x EBITDA), according to Capital Finance
Announced PE deals fall sharply in October
Could the market have finally reached full capacity following a record-breaking first half of 2021 for M&A?
Argos Wityu exits Olinn
GP formed the equipment leasing and management firm in 2018 via the merger of four companies
EQT acquires LSP, forming EQT Life Sciences
Announcement follows Life Sciences Partners' seven-month, EUR 850m fundraise for LSP VII
Proventis hires Jan Wetter as M&A partner
Wetter was previously an M&A partner and office managing partner at EY in Zürich
Italcer draws attention from Apollo Global and Lone Star
Sale process is expected to be launched within the next two weeks as teasers are largely ready
ECI's Travel Chapter shelves IPO plans
Move comes less than three weeks after the company announced its intention to float on AIM
3i reaps GBP 146m from Basic-Fit sell-down
Proceeds take 3i's cash return from its investment in Basic-Fit to 4.1x
Investindustrial sets SBTs for emissions
GP has also committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in its funds
IK buys Truesec from Sobro
Cybersecurity firm is IK's seventh platform investment of H2 2021 and its fourth deal since October
YFM appoints Marcus Karia as CFO
Karia was most recently group finance director of London-listed venture capital firm Arix Bioscience
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Leisure sector cleared for take-off
Unquote looks back at how the sector has fared, and speaks with PAI partner Gaëlle d'Engremont following the ECG deal
Eurazeo grew AUM by 44% over past 12 months
Asset manager raised EUR 3bn from limited partners in the first nine months of 2021
PE-backed Inmarsat sold to Viasat in USD 7.3bn deal
Apax Partners, CPP, OTPP and Warburg Pincus acquired Inmarsat via a take-private in 2019
Activa Capital hires associate in investment team
Prior to joining, Julie Perouzel worked as an M&A analyst at Rothschild & Co for a year
Zooplus takeover to go ahead as 80% threshold is met
H&F and EQT Private Equity teamed up for a joint final offer for the pet products retailer in late October
Auction for Carlyle's Saverglass called off – report
Rothschild-run process was launched earlier this year, with Towerbrook and ICG reportedly involved in earlier stages
PAI exits Atos Medical in EUR 2.2bn trade sale
PAI acquired the laryngotomy and tracheostomy care products company in an SBO from EQT in 2017
Ardian, Latour buy LBO France's Groupe RG
LBO France bought a majority stake in the personal protective equipment producer in 2017