Having raised its largest private equity fund to date from its family office investor base, London-headquartered multi-family office Stonehage Fleming is looking ahead to opportunities for its 2024 Fund, Annual Vintage Programme (AVP) co-manager Meiping Yap told this news service.

Permira is set to take UK-based clinical research organisation (CRO) Ergomed private for GBP 701m, becoming the latest sponsor to use public markets as a hunting ground for new deals.

Partners Group is expected to formally launch the sale of UK-based software firm Civica in mid-September, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

"When events change, I change my mind. What do you do?," said either Paul Samuelson, Maynard Keynes or Winston Churchill. However, it could equally well apply to European sponsors in late 2023.

The EU’s new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) could prompt private equity (PE) firms to adopt ‘clean funds’ strategies as a potential avenue for sponsors to navigate the uncharted waters of compliance while redefining the landscape of PE fundraising, lawyers told Unquote sister publication PaRR.