Italy’s private equity and m&a weekly roundup. News from Unicredit, Morellato, Alto Partners, Ambienta, Travaglini, Doxa, Sia

The activity of private equity funds in Italu is blooming with primary market transactions, consolidation and ambitious exit plans. Unicredit sold to Ardian its stake in SwanCap Partners, the management company of private equity fund (see here a previous post by BeBeez). SwanCap is a spin-off of the private equity activities of HVB (part of Unicredit) that has asset under management of 2.5 billion of euros. The list of SwanCap investors includes Ardian, Alpinvest Partners, the secondary market arm of The Carlyle Group. Cesare Buzzi and Florian Kreitmeier worked as managing directors for SwanCap, which invests in mid-market private equity funds, directly coinvests in target companies, and carries on secondary market transact