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Animal care attracting PE interest, says Katten survey

Pet owners’ love for their animals, along with the impact of Covid-19, are among the reasons private equity decision-makers feel bullish about the future of the animal care sector, according to a new survey of 100 industry leaders conducted by Katten.

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Private equity industry doubles down on reducing carbon footprint

LGT Capital Partners ESG Report 2020 reveals that 81 per cent of private equity managers already integrate ESG into their investment process, and a large part of the focus is shifting toward climate awareness. According to Keimpe Keuning, executive director at LGT Capital Partners and one of the authors of LGT’s

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Deal-doer confidence in central Europe higher now than in 2008, says Deloitte

Central Europe’s private equity markets are feeling the impact of Covid-19 – but there is more optimism than during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, suggesting the experience the region’s deal-doers have accumulated may buoy investments and create a basis for new deals, according to the latest Deloitte Central Europe Private

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Finance professionals not keen on getting back into the office

London-based financial firms appear to be in no rush to have the majority of their staff back in the office, according to new research by Theta Financial Reporting. Only 800 of Goldman Sachs’s 6,000 London staff have returned, while fewer than 2,000 of the 12,000 at JP Morgan are back in the office,

Spanish private capital investment down 67 per cent in H1

According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Priivate Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of investment in Spain reached EUR1,434 million euros in the first half of the year, with a total number of 344 investments. Although the investment volume has suffered

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European PE deal volume in Q2 dips to lowest level since 2013, says Pitchbook

European private equity deal volume dipped in Q2 2020 to its lowest quarterly figure since Q3 2013 driven by the uncertainty caused by Covid-19, Pitchbook’s Q2 report shows. The Q2 European Private Equity Breakdown report, published by Pitchbook, demonstrates that 650 transactions closed in the second quarter of the year

New PE fees and terms study reveals how partnership compare across key metrics

Callan, a leading institutional investment consulting firm, has released its Private Equity Fees and Terms Study today, which analyses the fees and terms for 90 private equity partnerships to help institutional investors evaluate, and even negotiate, a partnership’s terms.“We created this study to help investors evaluate a partnership’s terms compared

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