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Bridgepoint to merge credit business with EQT Credit

UK-based alternative asset manager Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire EQT Credit in a deal that will resulting in a total AuM of close to EUR7 billion for the combined group. According to Bridgepoint managing partner William Jackson, this transaction – which is scheduled to complete in the fourth quarter of

Bridge building

Hoxton Ventures new fund will ‘act as bridge’ between US and Europe

Hoxton Ventures has held the final close of its second fund, an early stage European VC fund, which includes seed investments in Babylon Health, Deliveroo and Darktrace. Existing investors in Hoxton’s first fund have invested in the second fund as well, alongside capital from new British, Swiss and US institutional

Global downturn

CEPRES develops Covid-19 portfolio risk management assessment

CEPRES is offering a Risk Analysis & Rating Dashboard on its platform to support LPs in understanding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on their portfolios. CEPRES’ Health Check Rating System is based on the CEPRES Platform’s flexible analysis dashboarding system and can inform investors on whether their private market

Coronavirus crisis

Crisis acts as catalyst for the ‘S factor’ in ESG, says Aegon AM

The coronavirus crisis and nationwide lockdown have given clarity on how to evaluate companies’ ability to tackle social issues, “crystallising” what the S in ESG stands for, according to Bas NieuweWeme, CEO of Aegon Asset Management. The impact from coronavirus and the changes to the way people have had to

Coronavirus map

Buyout fundraising declined by over 70 per cent due to Corona Crisis

The CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook for the first quarter of 2020 using the latest data from the CEPRES Platform shows how buyout fundraising in the US declined by almost 50 per cent QoQ and 20 per cent YoY, but is still substantially above volumes during the post-GFC era of 2009 -2012.

ecommerce

Kinnevik divests part of Qliro Group to Rite Ventures

Investment company Kinnevik has agreed to sell 23.2 per cent of the shares in Nordic digital commerce group Qliro Group to Swedish VC fund Rite Ventures. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. As a partial payment for the sold Qliro Group shares, Kinnevik will

Deal-making

Neuberger Berman closes NB Euro Crossroads 2018 on EUR260m

The Luxembourg-domiciled euro denominated structure closed with EUR 260 million of commitments on 27 March, surpassing its EUR200 million target. Neuberger Berman launched the Crossroads funds of funds platform in the early 1980s, with the aim of constructing diversified private equity portfolios across asset classes, strategies and geographies. The new

Zurich

Evoco raises EUR93m for first close of third fund

Zürich-based private equity firm Evoco has held a first close of its third fund, Evoco TSE III SCSp at EUR93 million, representing more than 50 per cent of the target size of its third institutional fund. Domiciled in Luxembourg, Evoco TSE III SCSp has a target size of EUR150 million.

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