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TOP STORY: Alternative asset management major Apollo Global Management has raised $35bn from Asian investors since implementing a plan to revamp its business in the region at the beginning of 2022, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Funds advised by Apax Partners are to acquire the Zellis Group, a provider of payroll and HR, and global benefits administration software solutions to customers in the UK and Ireland, from Bain Capital.
Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has agreed to realise its investment in Focus Group, a UK provider of business technology to SMEs, to software-focused private equity firm Hg.
Omers Private Equity is considering an initial public offering of Kenan Advantage Group, one of North America’s biggest tank truck transporter and logistics providers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Insurance services multinational company Willis Towers Watson plans to launch CG WTW Private Equity Access LTAF, which will invest in various private equity opportunities including co-investments, via the new Long Term Asset Fund structure recently introduced by the FCA.
Having fallen by 70% in 2022 and 30% again last year, the total value of the global IPO market has continued to decline in 2024, despite growing confidence among both issuers and investors, according to data from analytics platform Stocklytics.
Registered investment advisers (RIAs) who run private funds for clients have upped their allocations to private equity investments while cutting their exposure to hedge funds over the last nine years, according to a report by Citywire.
CVC Capital Partners, a private markets major with approximately €186bn in AUM, has revived plans for an initial public offering in Amsterdam, which could raise between €1bn and €1.5bn and give the business a valuation of €13bn to €15bn.
About $16bn of debt has transitioned from private funds into syndicated loan and bond markets so far in 2024 as borrowers increasingly opt for more affordable debt from Wall Street banks, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Bank of America data. 
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Mark Metcalfe and Sarah Souter within the firm’s UK corporate practice as the firm looks to build its offering in the lower and mid-market private equity space.  

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