Italy
AnaCap acquires €1.9bn of non-performing UniCredit loans
Italian bank also set to vote today on sale of UCCMB business
PE players close in on €5bn UniCredit bad loans
Media reports suggest AnaCap has acquired a €1.9bn debt portfolio from UCCMB
Fondo Strategico to co-invest with Chinese sovereign wealth fund
FSI also has agreements with Qatari Holding and Kuwait Investment Authority
Tengram invests in Luciano Barbera
Italian fashion brand to undertake international expansion strategy
CVC's Cerved buys Recus for €18.8m
Cerved listed in 2014 with €995m market cap
Portfolio company Moby hits out at Clessidra in national press
GP has responded in turn with its version of events
Synergo commits €20m to TMCI Padovan
90% of company's turnover generated outside Italy
Oakley Capital acquires Facile.it
Deal is fourth investment made from Oakley's second fund
Star Capital sells Vetriceramici to Ferro
Sales for the year ending July 2014 reached €53m
Lack of passport could force Italian GPs to emigrate
Italy's hasty enforcement of the AIFMD is causing a GP exodus
Flos brightened by Investindustrial buyout
Lighting company to grow through acquisitions and international expansion
Chiesi launches European and US venture fund
Vehicle to be managed by AM Pappas and target early-stage pharmaceutical firms
LBO Italia sells Corvette to Recipharm
€100m equity consideration will be paid for 50:50 in cash and convertible bond
Capvis buys Faster from Argan Capital
Company has been owned by private equity since 2002
Russia's VTB Capital in talks for Cavalli stake
Permira reported to have expressed interest in asset earlier this year
Azimut buys 55% stake in Futurimpresa
Duo intends to create a private equity platform to support SMEs
Deal in focus: Ambienta buys IP Cleaning from Synergo
Environmental investor Ambienta welcomed IP Cleaning into its portfolio in early July
Fondo Strategico backs Trevifin
Company is part-owned by Kuwait Investment Authority
Wise-owned Biolchim bolts on Cifo
Group to invest in new markets and product development
Clessidra acquires 35% stake in Harmont & Blaine
Fashion brand aims to triple revenues in three years before launching IPO
Xenon Private Equity VI closes on €184m
Fund will focus on northern Italian manufacturing assets
Fondo Italiano awakens Italian private equity
Fresh capital from state-backed bodies is bolstering Italy's activity
Change Capital Partners buys Frette
JH Partners bought the company in 2004
Siparex increases focus on Italian market
Fondo Italiano recently expanded fund-of-funds activity