Aberdeen Standard Investments
Q1 Barometer: Signs of a brighter future after dark times for European PE
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Q4 Barometer: deal count remains steady amid tough environment
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Q3 Barometer: M&A softens across entire PE spectrum
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Q2 Barometer: Value and volume bifurcation sets in
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Q3 Barometer: PE scales new heights
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Q2 Barometer: Robust Q2 performance bodes well for H2
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ASI raises $556m for fourth secondaries fund
Since launching its first secondaries fund in 2014, ASI's private equity secondaries programme has now raised almost $1.5bn through four funds
Q1 Barometer: Total European deal value reaches new decade high
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Phoenix launches £100m venture capital fund
Fund enables Phoenix to build portfolios with exposure to venture capital investments for its policyholders
Q4 Barometer: How European activity returned to pre-pandemic level
European PE deal value staged an impressive recovery over the course of 2020, capped by a busy Q4
European GPs get top ESG marks, but diversity remains sore point - survey
Only 23% of Aberdeen Standard Investments' GPs have clear diversity targets in their portfolio companies
Nordic Capital-backed Trustly to list before summer – report
According to a press report, Swedish institutions would like the company to remain in Stockholm
Q3 Barometer: Green shoots emerge
Aggregate value of deals was noticeably up in Q3 as the reopening of debt markets boosted transaction sizes
Aberdeen secondaries fund on track for early 2021 final close
Secondary Opportunities Fund IV has raised more than half of its $500m target
UK Fundraising Pipeline - Q4 2020
Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the French market across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces
Aberdeen Standard Investments hires ESG-focused director
Alexis Crusey joins ASI after seven years at impact manager LeapFrog Investments
Aberdeen Standard appoints Redman as head of private markets
Redman will be supported by Neil Slater in his capacity as deputy head of private markets
Maguar Capital and co-investors acquire HRWorks
Aberdeen Standard Investments, EMZ Partners, Golding and LFPE are also backing Maguar's debut deal
Q2 Barometer: Coronavirus ravages European M&A market
After the first effects of the Covid-19 crisis were felt in March, the European private equity market decelerated sharply in Q2
Aberdeen Standard hires Cinven's Robinson
Robinson joins from his position as principal at Cinven, where he acted as a non-executive director
BlackRock et al. acquire minority stake in Nordic Capital's Trustly
Nordic Capital will remain a majority owner in the company
Q1 Barometer: Year of sustained growth finally halted in Q1
The European private equity market cooled in Q1, even before the Covid-19 crisis took hold, after an especially active Q4 2019
Q4 Barometer: Continued buyout bonanza tops record-breaking year
Private equity investors completed 807 deals in Q4 2019, tipping the year into record-breaking territory
Standard Life Private Equity Trust outlines 2019 secondaries activity
Fund completed three secondary investments last year