The Citco group of companies has opened a new office for the firm’s asset-servicing operations in Guernsey, offering fund accounting, fund operations and company secretarial with the key business focus centred on automation.
A $3 billion “whole-business securitisation” is being considered as a funding option by private equity firms vying to acquire sandwich chain Subway, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter.
Private equity and venture capital fundraising is expected to decline this year, mainly due to concerns about macroeconomic factors such as supply-chain constraints, inflation and the war in Ukraine, according to the second edition of Acuity Knowledge Partners’s global Private Equity and Venture Capital Survey.
Plug and Play Tech Center, a Silicon Valley-based tech investor and early backer of firms including Dropbox Inc and PayPal Holdings Inc, is targeting a fundraise of $100 million for a new VC fund that will focus on investments in tech startups in Saudia Arabia, according to a report by
Marcelo Claure, the former chief executive officer of SoftBank Group International and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corporation, has tapped some of his former colleagues for new Latin America-focused venture capital fund Bicycle Capital.
Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority share in Foxway, a European provider of circular IT services from Norvestor, which will retain a minority interest in the business along with the company’s senior management team.
Tiger Global Management LLC is struggling to attract commitments for its latest venture capital investment vehicle, with the hedge fund having so far secured about a third of its $6 billion target, according to a report by Bloomberg.
New Carlyle Group chief executive officer Harvey Schwartz wants the private equity giant to expand its capital markets arm, which acts as an in-house investment bank and secures loans for portfolio companies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
An affiliate of funds managed by Blackstone has completed the acquisition of Cvent Holding Corp, a meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, for $8.50 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion.
Bain Capital Private Equity has made an all-cash offer to to take Swiss software management company SoftwareOne private, valuing the business at 2.9 billion Swiss francs ($3.21 billion), according to a report by Reuters. SoftwareOne’s board has reportedly responded by saying that the offer “materially undervalues” the company and is
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