8 sessions Over 140 investors & managers We held 8 sessions in total, assembling over 140 investors and managers from as far afield as New Zealand and Dubai, to discuss topics ranging from IR challenges, to impact investing, venture capital, infrastructure, private debt and, two sectors at the heart of the pandemic, healthcare and consumer.…
IPEM is on its way to a record 2021 edition! We held our First Close on July 31st with already : 0Companies0Countries0Exhibitors0GPs0LPs This tremendous support from the European private equity industry highlights the importance of reconnecting after months of travel restrictions and lockdown. IPEM 2021 (Cannes, Feb 2/3/4) promises to be an essential “catch-up moment”…
Compassionate capitalist Sir Ronald Cohen outlines his vision for a new economic model that displaces the tyranny of profit The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed a fragile and dysfunctional economic system, with inequalities reaching unsustainable levels, and globalisation and democracy challenged from all sides. Against this backdrop, founder of Apax Partners; author of the recently published…
The European Investment Fund has helped finance more than a million SMEs over the past 26 years. The EIB and EU-funded institution is now stepping up to help Europe rebuild as it emerges from lockdown, providing €2.2bn to financial intermediaries, thereby unlocking €8bn of finance. Here, Chief Investment Officer Alessandro Tappi, who has served at…
In conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen, Founder of Apax Partners and Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment This Covid-19 crisis is a blunt wake-up call for all of us. The pandemic exposed how fragile and dysfunctional our economic system was. Inequalities are now reaching unsustainable levels. Globalization and democracy are being challenged…