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Simone Arnaboldi is a private equity veteran and has been a Founding Managing Partner at Arcadia SGR SpA for the past sixteen years. Previously, he was the Director of Bridgepoint’s Milan offices. Ahead of the Private Equity Wire European Emerging Managers Summit, Arnaboldi speaks to us about the opportunities and risks within the PE landscape, how it’s evolving, and how emerging managers can maximise their chances at success.
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Europe’s biggest buyout firm CVC has put its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in Amsterdam later this month on hold, due to what it sees as “unfavourable market conditions”, according to a report by the Financial Times.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is holding discussions with sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, endowments and alternative asset managers as it looks for a partner to help accelerate its push into the booming sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Private equity funds affiliated with global private investment giant Blackstone and software-focused private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, are to acquire Energy Exemplar, a provider of energy market simulation software, in a deal reportedly worth more than $1bn.
SPECIAL REPORT
Positioned at the intersection between the evolution of the private equity market and compliance pressures, this report – produced by Ontra and Private Equity Wire – explores the ways PE firms are using tech to transform and grow. It examines the state of industry digitisation and the journeys firms are on, laying the track for a tech-powered future.
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Global private investment firm KKR has completed its previously announced acquisition of fiction and non-fiction publisher Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global in a $1.62bn all-cash transaction.
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Beauty products chain the Body Shop has been put up for sale by its Brazil-based owner Natura & Co, with private equity firm Aurelius Group now in discussions over acquiring the business, according to a report by Reuters.
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Bain Capital Special Situations and Smith Hill Capital have announced a joint venture to originate debt and preferred equity to serve the financing needs of companies and assets in the hospitality sector. The platform has the objective of deploying $1bn of gross capital over the next several years.
Awards
Hedgeweek and Private Equity Wire have announced the winners of the European Credit Awards, which recognise excellence in fund performance and service provider excellence across credit funds.
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Pictet Asset Management, a firm with about £206bn in AUM, has announced the first closing of its European Direct Lending Fund, achieving its target of €200m, despite a challenging market environment.
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