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August Equity hits £200m hard-cap for Fund III
UK lower-mid-market investor August Equity has exceeded its ТЃ180m target to reach the ТЃ200m hard-cap for its latest vehicle August Equity Partners III.
Floating the idea of more Nordic IPOs
The Nordic IPO market, which has remained dormant for around five years, is emerging from its slumber. Karin Wasteson reports
Nordic emerges victorious from three-year carry tax battle
Nordic Capital
Arx reaps 4.5x on Ergis Eurofilms exit
Arx Equity Partners has divested Polish plastics processor Ergis Eurofilms through a series of block trades to investors on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
UK retail: who will be celebrating this Christmas?
As private equity continues to dominate the UK consumer sector, who is set to see soaring sales during the festive flurry? Alice Murray reports
Are European GPs ready to embrace the robotics revolution?
As robotic solutions creep into our everyday lives, Kim Richters looks at private equityтs relationship with the increasingly important sub-sector.
Q&A: KKR's Silke Scheiber
Q&A: KKR
GP focus: Palamon Capital Partners
Palamon in focus
Palamon's Wilson appointed by Silverfleet
Annette Wilson, Silverfleet Capital
Video: DFJ's Sage on Europe's next big tech trends
Video: DFJ Esprit
Direct secondaries: breathing new life
An industry-wide impetus is needed to resuscitate an ailing sector. Kimberly Romaine reports
Cipio Partners Q&A: venture direct secondaries
Cipio Partners managing director Roland Dennert talks to Kim Richters about what venture capital could gain from direct secondaries as a potential exit route.
Dunedin unlocks £90m Kee Safety deal
UK mid-market firm Dunedin has backed the ТЃ90m management buyout of Kee Safety, buying its stake from LDC.
Silverfleet acquires Competence Call Center from Ardian
Silverfleet Capital has purchased Competence Call Center Holding (CCC) from Ardian in a secondary buyout, four years after the vendor took the business’s reins.
Italian dealflow wakes from slumber
Italian dealflow
August Equity nears £200m target
August Equity's Fund III is weeks away from its final close, unquoteт has learned.
Corporate carve-outs boost Benelux deal values
Corporate carve-outs
French mid-cap dealflow stages comeback
French mid-market
The secondary buyout "selfie"
SBO "selfies"
HIG Capital's Andrew Steel leaves
Andrew Steel has left HIG Capital, unquote” has learned.
Women still under-represented in French investment teams
Although French private equity houses are increasingly trying to address the situation, women remain vastly under-represented in investment teams and in more senior roles, according to the latest survey by Deloitte and trade body AFIC.
Corporate finance fee structures: still working?
Corporate finance fees