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IQ-EQ, an investor services provider, has launched a new Global Private Debt & Credit Desk to enhance its current private debt and credit offering to align more closely with client needs and address continued demand for the asset class worldwide. According to a survey conducted by IQ-EQ and IFI Global, 95 per cent of managers and investors predict that the market will continue to grow to record heights over the next three years.  IQ-EQ’s enhanced global offering supports managers and investors with increasingly complex debt strategies and gives clients a dedicated team of expertise across the full debt and credit
Fy!, a home, living and lifestyle retail platform has secured GBP5 million in a funding round led by Hoxton Ventures, with additional investment from a number of angel investors. 
Charterhouse Capital Partners (Charterhouse), one of the longest established private equity firms operating in Europe, is to sell a majority stake in Cooper Consumer Health (Cooper), a European independent over-the-counter (OTC) drug manufacturer and distributor, to CVC Fund VII.  The transaction is subject to workers’ council information and consultation and to the approval of relevant regulatory authorities. Cooper, which is headquartered in Paris, was acquired by Charterhouse in 2016 and since that time has been transformed from a local French champion into a pan-European pure-play OTC platform that manufactures and distributes a diversified portfolio of branded and basic products on
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), advised by LatAm advisory and investment firm HMC Itajubá, has closed its latest flagship fund with USD1.2 billion in capital commitments from Latin America investors. 
Brunnur Ventures GP has launched Brunnur II, its second venture fund with USD65 million (ISK8.3 billion) in commitments. The new fund’s Limited Partners include ten of Iceland’s leading pension funds and Landsbanki. Brunnur II is a lead investor targeting seed and early-stage investments in Iceland with a focus on start-up companies with extraordinary entrepreneurial talent, innovative, high-growth and scalable business models. The fund’s sector focus is primarily within software/IT, gaming, Industry 4.0, biotech, cleantech, marine tech, agrifoodtech and other high technology sectors that have a competitive edge through patentable technology or proprietary know-how. “We are delighted to be announcing the
The Stepping Stones Group (Stepping Stones) has acquired EBS Healthcare (EBS), a Pennsylvania-based therapeutic and behavioural company.   The combination of Stepping Stones and EBS creates a premier, national provider of therapeutic, behavioural, autism, nursing and educational services to children in school, home and community settings. As a mission driven organisation, the combined company will transform the lives of children, families and communities in over 900 school districts across 42 states. The combination of The Stepping Stones Group and EBS Healthcare creates a premier, national provider of therapeutic, behavioural, autism, nursing and educational services to children in school, home and
Pathway Capital Management is pleased has closed on USD1 billion for Pathway Co-investment Partners Fund V (PCPF V), a custom co-investment fund for a US-based institutional investor.  PCPF V will focus on identifying and investing in co-investment opportunities globally alongside high-quality private equity managers in a variety of private equity strategies. PCPF V represents a continuation of Pathway’s successful 30-year track record of investing in private markets, which includes more than USD4 billion invested in private equity co-investments.  Since the inception of the firm in 1991, Pathway has participated in the development of more than 110 private market portfolios, committing
IW Capital has completed a leveraged buyout and growth equity investment into Olive Jar Digital, to facilitate the partial equity release to the firm’s founders and provide further growth capital for the business.  This investment is focused on enabling the organic growth of the company through continued expansion into new segments in a growing market. IW Capital is pleased to continue to work with the founders that have built the business to its current position and have a clear strategy for the next stage of development. Olive Jar Digital – founded in 2015 – is one of the UK’s fastest
Fidelity International (Fidelity), a global asset manager with total client assets of USD706.3 billion, and Moonfare, the leading digital investment platform for high quality private markets funds, announce an exclusive strategic distribution partnership.   Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Astorg, a leading global private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xceptor, a global leader in the end-to-end, no-code process automation market, from CBPE Capital LLP (“CBPE”).  Founded in 2003 and headquartered in the UK, Xceptor is a fast-growing software business operating within the high growth intelligent data automation space, combining a highly scalable, next generation technology platform with deep financial sector domain expertise. The Company employs 160 people across five global offices, and serves a diversified global blue-chip base of banking, financial services, and insurance customers, who utilise the Xceptor no-code platform to re-engineer and automate

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