* Shares up 26% in London market debut * Kaspi locks in $6.5 billion valuation * Investors bet on e-commerce assets as online users surge * UK’s second biggest IPO of 2020 and Europe’s fourth biggest (Adds share price, quotes, detail) By Olzhas Auyezov, Pamela Barbaglia and Abhinav Ramnarayan ALMATY/LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Kaspi shares soared 26% in London’s second biggest initial public offering of the year on Thursday as the Kazakh banking and fintech firm tapped into pent-up demand for...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it was looking into whether the proposed acquisition of Britain’s largest satellite company Inmarsat (ISA.L) by a private equity-led consortium would affect the competitive landscape. FILE PHOTO: Technicians work on the Inmarsat S-Band/Hellas-Sat 3 satellite in the clean room facilities of the Thales Alenia Space plant in Cannes, France, February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard The watchdog invited interested...

(Repeats story that ran on Thursday, with no changes to text) * EQT, THCP, Hayfin leasing office space in Milan - sources * Family-owned firms, NPLs and tax regime seen as attractive * Rome offers 70% tax breaks to Italians returning from abroad * Algebris CEO Davide Serra among investors relocating to Milan By Pamela Barbaglia and Stephen Jewkes LONDON/MILAN, May 23 (Reuters) - Investment firms, including buyout fund EQT, are flocking to Milan to develop closer ties with Italy Inc, where...

LONDON/MILAN(Reuters) - Investment firms, including buyout fund EQT, are flocking to Milan to develop closer ties with Italy Inc, where cash-starved family-owned companies are increasingly seeking foreign capital to boost growth. FILE PHOTO: Duomo's cathedral and Porta Nuova's financial district are seen in Milan, Italy, May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo The search for real estate in the financial capital of the euro zone’s third largest economy comes as uncertainty around...

LONDON (Reuters) - WPP has attracted at least five of the world’s biggest private equity firms into an auction for a majority stake in its data analytics unit Kantar ahead of a deadline for indicative bids on Apr. 17, sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A logo hangs on the wall outside the WPP offices in London, Britain April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo U.S. private equity funds Bain Capital and Apollo are putting the finishing touches to their rival bids and will compete with...