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ICG to exit Park Holidays in GBP 900m trade sale – report
ICG acquired the caravan holiday park operator in a GBP 362m SBO from Caledonia Investments in 2016
GP Profile: Baird positive on UK dealflow despite valuation inflation
Baird Capital has so far exited three businesses from its first fund, taking advantage of what it sees is a strong M&A market
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
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?
ECI's Travel Chapter shelves IPO plans
Move comes less than three weeks after the company announced its intention to float on AIM
Investindustrial sets SBTs for emissions
GP has also committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in its funds
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 GaУЋlle d'Engremont following the ECG deal
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
Perwyn appoints investment manager from Omers
Maxime Menu joins from Omers Private Equity, where he worked as a senior associate
Metro Bank confirms possible offer from Carlyle
UK-based lender currently has a market cap of GBP 251.6m
M&A insurance demand reaches new heights amid bottleneck concerns
Hardening W&I market could be adding to the current slowdown in M&A activity that has followed a flurry of deals earlier in the year
BGF appoints two investors for Central Scotland team
Devine and Nixon join a team of five investors working across both BGF's Edinburgh and Belfast offices
Apax, Warburg Pincus consider exiting Inmarsat – report
Shareholders could also think about listing Inmarsat, according to sources in the Bloomberg report
Kempen holds EUR 173m first close for European Private Equity Fund II
New fund is focused on small and lower-mid-market private equity buyouts in Europe
Aurelius buys McKesson UK in GBP 477m deal
Carve-out of McKesson UK includes LloydsPharmacy and is Aurelius's largest deal to date
Bridges hires Sarma for Evergreen fund
Eva Sarma joins as an investment director for the firm's long-term capital vehicle
Consumer dealflow rebounds strongly in Q3
More on-trend verticals such as technology and healthcare took a backseat in the third quarter, Unquote Data shows
Palatine sells Estio to PE-backed BPP
Deal is the first exit from Palatine's first Impact Investing fund, which closed in 2017 on GBP 100m
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Healthcare buyouts approach record EUR 30bn in 2021
France has been the source of more than half of the aggregate value recorded to date
Tenzing sets sights on Nordic countries
Unquote catches up with managing partner Guy Gillon following the appointment of Magnus GottУЅs to lead Tenzing's Nordic expansion