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In a further sign that corporate buyers are back, Sage has acquired a Spanish software company from three private equity firms for €82m.
The fixed income asset manager of US-listed Prudential Financial has hired a European team to expand its leveraged finance business.
Italian bank Unicredit Banca d’Impresa has launched a €100m SME fund that will be managed by private equity firm 21 Investimenti.
In the same week that Blackstone announced plans to open an office in India, KKR is reportedly considering its first Asian investment – an $800m stake in Samsung Life Assurance.
Italy’s BS Private Equity has teamed up with the private equity arm of Italian bank Mediocredito Centrale to purchase listed cleaning company IPC.
A host of private equity bidders were outmanoeuvred by a South Korean brewing firm in the battle for control of one of the Asian drinks industry’s most prized assets.