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                <![CDATA[ WAD Capital CxO to support ADL Security post-acquisition strategy ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 06 November 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Alvaro Novoa will support CEO-in-Residence Steven Bourgeois on the integration following OmniSecur's recent acquisition of ADL Security. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Green Tech Antimony stake shores up supply for Campine’s Belgian operations ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 05 November 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Beerse-based Campine is locking in the raw material its Belgian plants depend on with a minority stake in Thai Green Tech Antimony. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Frederick Verhelst turns up his equity in TOPradio ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 05 November 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Investor Frederick Verhelst is increasing his stake in Flemish dance-radio group TOPradio for the third time since 2023. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ ION from a new perspective: Co-founders take control ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/ion-from-a-new-perspective-co-founders-take-control/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 05 November 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Paul Thiers has sold his entire shareholding to fellow ION co-founders Davy Demuynck and Kristof Vanfleteren. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Destined duos: The pairs responsible for Ravical’s successful seed round ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/destined-duos-the-pairs-responsible-for-ravicals-successful-seed-round/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 02 November 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The Belgian AI platform for accounting firms, Ravical, has raised a $17 million seed round led by MMC Ventures. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Be the Walmart, not the Kmart: what a barcode teaches private equity about AI ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/be-the-walmart-not-the-kmart-what-a-barcode-teaches-private-equity-about-ai/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 30 October 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ AI is changing not only what private equity firms invest in, but also how they invest. In the masterclass ‘Investing in the Age of AI’ at the Private Equity Summit Belgium, Wessel Wijtvliet, AI solutions lead at Loyens & Loeff and research fellow at the Faculty of Law of KU Leuven, offered a simple test: are you using AI to work a little faster, or to rebuild the way you work? ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Federale Verzekering practices what it preaches with IBIS Insurance deal ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/federale-verzekering-practices-what-it-preaches-with-ibis-insurance-deal/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 29 October 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Acquiring IBIS Insurance adds a range of specialist cover to Federale Verzekering’s offering – a move out of the insurer’s own investment playbook. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ “Management is the only criterion”: Belgian private equity goes hunting for the New Alpha ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/management-is-the-only-criterion-belgian-private-equity-goes-hunting-for-the-new-alpha/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 29 October 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Cheap debt is gone, rising multiples no longer do the heavy lifting, and the world seems to lurch from one shock to the next. Yet the mood at the third Private Equity Summit Belgium was anything but gloomy. Under the banner 'The New Alpha', the Belgian M&A community gathered at Loyens & Loeff in Brussels to work out where returns will come from now. Judging by the conversations that carried on long after each session ended, there was plenty to talk about. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Q3, 2026 League Tables: How Belgium's M&A and FDD advisers are reinventing themselves ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/q3-2026-league-tables-how-belgiums-ma-and-fdd-advisers-are-reinventing-themselves/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 27 October 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Finvision leads Dealmakerdata.be's Q3 M&A and FDD advisory rankings in a quarter when advisory firms focus on Scale, strategy and data. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ PMV supports Space Applications Services’ trek to the Moon ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://manda.be/articles/pmv-supports-space-applications-services-trek-to-the-moon/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 27 October 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Space Applications Services has received €10 million as part of PMV’s new investment focus in defence, security and space. ]]>
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