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Independent infrastructure investment manager Ancala has held the final close of its third flagship co-mingled fund with €1.4bn in capital commitments, surpassing its original €1.2bn target and marking the firm’s largest single fundraise to date.
Private equity firm Kennet Partners and the private equity division of investment manager Federated Hermes have invested €25m in software company Screendragon, a specialist in project management and workflow solutions catering to the agency and marketing sectors.
Economic headwinds saw UK M&A activity in 2023 fell to almost a fifth below levels seen in the previous year, according to PwC’s latest Global M&A Trends 2024 Outlook, a semi-annual analysis of global deals.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is facing a legal challenge to its latest set of rules, which require hedge funds and private equity firms to detail quarterly fees and expenses to investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative asset, equity and fixed income fund managers have identified private equity, renewable energy and hedge funds as the alternative asset classes most likely to increased inflows in 2024, according to new research by fund management solutions specialist Carne Group.
UK-based VCs Plural Platform and Iconical have co-led a $90m funding round for Starship Technologies, an autonomous robot last-mile delivery company founded by Skype Co-Founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla.
Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit, Marta Jankovic, Head of Sustainability at Stafford Capital Partners, talks to us about her vision of sustainability within the firm and the broader industry, trends to look out for this year and why GP outreach is key to net zero alignment.
Consumer services-focused private equity firm Main Post Partners has made a majority investment in Highland Arms Enterprises, a garage door service operator within Neighborly, a franchise-based group focused on repairing, maintaining, and enhancing properties.
Braemont Capital, a Texas-based private investment firm founded by Robert Covington, a former Partner at RedBird Capital, has acquired Loenbro, a US construction services provider catering to the data centre, infrastructure and diversified industrial markets, from Tailwind Capital, a middle market private equity firm.
Stockholm-based global investment firm EQT is reconsidering a potential $20bn initial public offering for Galderma, a pharmaceutical company and former subsidiary of Nestlé, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter.
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