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Competition for deals in the realm of private equity continues to rise sharply. As investor demand soars and managers jostle for deals, new sources of information, such as web site traffic data, can provide an edge over their peers to help identify robust investment opportunities, improve due diligence processes and ultimately grow portfolio companies.
Katten Muchin Rosenman has appointed Alice Bell as a partner in the firm’s Financial Markets and Funds (FMF) group.
LUCA Japan, a digital platform for alternative investments has formed a strategic partnership with Xen Technologies Pte Ltd (Xen Capital), a Singapore-based digital platform that provides a white-label alternative investment solution and marketplace.
The UK Food & Beverage market continued its strong performance into the last four months of the year with total deal volume amounting to 29 transactions, according to research carried out by Ogham Partners.
The Norrsken Foundation, founded by Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth, has teamed up with Hans Otterling, Partner at Northzone, and an investment team led by Natalie Kolbe, previous Global Head of Private Equity at Actis in South Africa, Actis colleague Ngetha Waithaka in Kenya, and Lexi Novitske, prior founder of Acuity Venture Partners in Nigeria, to launch Norrsken22 Africa Tech Growth Fund, which has held it first close at USD110 million.
NextEnergy Capital (NEC), a specialist in the global solar sector, has held the final close for NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG), bringing the total capital raised to USD896 million, including an SMA.
Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp and Vista Equity Partners are planning to acquire Citrix Systems Inc in a deal that values the US cloud computing company at about USD13 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in water pressure-boosting solutions business Stuart Turner, in a secondary buy-out backed by Epiris.
A total of 17,410 deals (comprising mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) were announced in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during 2021, an increase of 16.8 per cent over 14,903 deals announced during the previous year, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.
Since its launch in September 2021, the ESG Data Convergence Project, which seeks to standardise ESG metrics and provide a mechanism for comparative reporting for the private market industry, has secured commitments from over 100 leading general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs).
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