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Private equity firms with stakes in the US healthcare industry could have managed to tap into federal bailout money designed to give small businesses...

The interim chief executive at the Financial Conduct Association wants to start a dialogue about how to protect the investment fund management industry in...

The impact of the coronavirus crisis is likely to be felt around the world for years to come, with the economic aftermath potentially outstripping the 2008 financial crash. And that uncertainty over how the future is going to play out could easily see LPs becoming less trigger happy with capital, and private equity firms entrenching into safer investments.

Private equity player Sagewind Capital has made US Army, Air Force and NASA tech engineering services provider QuantiTech its latest investment.

Insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar has reportedly raised a further $130m from SoftBank, despite the chief executive believing the previous expansion efforts led by the mega investor were a "mistake."

Nauta Capital has brought its assets under management to almost €500m through the first close of latest venture capital investment fund.

Tech-focused private equity major Silver Lake has agreed to buy French cloud-based payroll and HR software business Silae from the company's founding shareholders.

Newly-launched private equity house bd-capital has sealed its first investment by backing Symprove, a startup attempting to disrupt the £35bn probiotics market.

The British Business Bank has made its largest commitment to date from its £500m managed funds programme, by committing to a pair of LGT Capital Partners fundraises.

Pictet Alternative Advisors has raised more than $1.16bn for the final close of Monte Rosa V, its latest in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity fund of funds.