Permira Acquires 40% of K-Way to Fuel Global Expansion
By Luca Gribaudo, Alice Finardi, and Luca Casali
Introduction
Global investment firm Permira announced that it has completed a strategic acquis...
Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Darktrace: A Strategic Move in the Cybersecurity AI Market
By Abdullah El Haddad and Lorenzo Mazzotta
State of the private equity industry
Although tech valuations have experienced corrections, especial...
Coffee Break with Dr. Steffen Pauls, Founder and Co-CEO of Moonfare
By Giuseppe Pastore, Clémence Rossetti, and Francesco Galasso
Introduction
In 2016, Dr. Steffen Pauls founded Moonfare, a leading digital inves...
Asset Managers Demand a Larger Slice of Alternative Investments
By Clara Perelman, Brando Savioli, Edward Ramirez, and Carlo Orlandi
The Traditional Asset Management Model
In a rapidly evolving financial lan...
UniCredit’s Pursuit of Commerzbank: Implications of Potential Future European Banking Integration
By Bianca Proverbio and Marc Weigand
Introduction
Following the 2008 financial crisis, dealmaking among banks in different European countries c...
Poland’s Private Equity Landscape: A Growth Story
By Daniel Semotan, Luca Zirener, and Jakub Penkiewicz
Introduction
Over the last decades, Poland emerged as a new dynamic hub for private equit...
CVC & Multiversity’s Partnership Extension: A Rising Trend of Continuation Funds and PE Secondaries
By Luca Ardizzon
Introduction
Established in 1981, CVC Capital Partners is among Europe's largest and most reputable private equity firms; with...
Coffee Break with Alexander Savin, Senior Partner at Chrome Capital
By Oliver Aldridge
Can you please tell us a bit about yourself, and any professional developments since we last interviewed you?
In the mid-90s...
Private Credit – An Overview
By Edouard Jordan, Carlo Orlandi, and Moritz Ogon
Introduction
One of the hottest topics in finance right now is the explosive growth of fu...
From Ambition to Acquisition: Roadmap for Understanding the Search Fund Model
Martina Pertusi, Raffaele Lanteri, and Manfredas Feiferas
Introduction
First developed in 1983 by Irving Grousbeck, a search fund is an investm...