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Cerea Partners acquires majority stake in French chocolatier Relais Desserts

Private Equity Insights

The transaction includes debt financing from CIC Ouest and Caisse Rgionale Crdit Mutuel Loire-Atlantique Centre Ouest, alongside participation from Caisse Rgionale de Crdit Agricole Mutuel Atlantique Vende and Caisse d’Epargne et de Prvoyance Bretagne Pays de Loire.

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NorthEdge invests in edtech Pebblepad

Private Equity Wire

PebblePad was advised by Bishopsgate (Corporate Finance), Gateley (Legal), Claritas (Tax), and Crosslake (Technology).

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US PE dealmakers brace for volatility amid rising M&A activity in 2025, says Aon survey

Private Equity Wire

Other key factors included future exit multiples (16%) and the availability and cost of debt financing (13%). The survey also highlighted shifting priorities in due diligence, with cybersecurity emerging as the most critical risk outside of traditional due diligence processes.

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KKR and Bain advance in Seven & i sale

Private Equity Wire

The three private equity firms are expected to submit binding offers, though they may adjust their bids after due diligence, sources noted. Additionally, the founding family has reportedly approached Bain and KKR for mezzanine financing to support the management buyout.

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Why Altcoins Were on Fire Today

The Motley Fool

On the other side of the fence, it seems at least one influential finance-sector company wants to enter the spot Bitcoin ETF game. Crypto news and analysis site Coindesk.com reported on Wednesday that traditional white-shoe investment bank Morgan Stanley was conducting due diligence on offering its own.

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A Few Years From Now, You'll Wish You'd Bought This Undervalued Crypto

The Motley Fool

This is probably the result of the overall backlash against decentralized finance (DeFi) that has occurred ever since the crypto market crash of 2022. For example, BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) CEO Larry Fink thinks real-world asset tokenization could fundamentally transform the world of finance. Chainlink needs a new investment thesis.

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Prediction: Ethereum Could Skyrocket to $22,000 by 2030

The Motley Fool

It pioneered entire sectors of the crypto world -- such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi) -- that had never existed before. Most importantly, VanEck sees Ethereum making further inroads into the finance, banking, and payments sectors. trillion) will come from finance, banking, and payments.