The Warsaw listing of Burger King and Popeyes operator Rex Concepts traces back to Rex Invest CEE, a Luxembourg holding company controlled by private-equity firm McWin — a case study in the Grand Duchy's role as Europe's holding hub.
BlackFin Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Arendt Investor Services, the fund-services arm of Luxembourg's largest law firm, after approval by the CSSF. The deal, reported at close to $500 million, signals how far private equity's consolidation of Luxembourg's fund-services industry now reaches.
easyJet has rejected a fourth, sweetened takeover proposal from US firm Castlelake worth about £4.93bn, calling it an opportunistic undervaluation — but it left the door open by sharing commercial data and extending the bid deadline to 5 July.
Luxembourg's private equity and venture capital association reported 17.4% membership growth to 701 and elected a new board at its 2026 AGM, signalling resilience as global PE struggles with weak fundraising and lagging distributions.