This new EIF investment operation will help support new development projects benefiting Italian SMEs. Thanks to the EIF's participation, PMI Italia II will have EUR 110 million in available funds, with a target closing of EUR 150 million by June 2020. Launched in January 2019, the Fund had already completed EUR 32 million worth of investments via nine operations as of 31 December 2019

Germany's and Europe's leading venture capital firms commit themselves and their portfolio companies to sustainability and make a significant contribution to climate protection. This measure should act as an example for other start-up ecosystems and industries.

LGT Private Debt (France) S.A.S. (“LGT Private Debt”) is pleased to announce that entities it advises acted as sole arrangers and underwriters of a unitranche financing, supporting the carve-out of HealthTech Bio Actives (“HTBA” or the “Company”) from Grupo Ferrer, led by The Riverside Company (“Riverside”).

RAG-Stiftung has acquired a stake in Scope SE & Co. KGaA and is thereby strengthening the growth of the leading European rating agency. The investment is part of a funding round aimed at significantly expanding the agency's European market coverage.

There's growing evidence that private equity markets are beginning to overheat after several high-profile IPO flops. Investors in stocks should pay attention because private funding troubles are also a very public market affair.