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TOP STORY: Blackstone Inc’s credit unit is planning to sell around $450m of loans at a discount, as it looks to provide liquidity to investors in an older fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people with knowledge of the mater.
- 16/05/2024
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TOP STORY: Carlyle’s global credit platform has provided a financing package of over $400m to support the growth of Big Bus Tours, a global provider of hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tours and portfolio company of private equity firm Exponent.
- 15/05/2024
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Website-building platform Squarespace will be taken private by private equity firm Permira in a $6.9bn all-cash transaction, with Ares Capital, Blackstone and Blue Owl providing a $2.65bn private credit package to help finance the acquisition.
- 14/05/2024
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Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 13/05/2024
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Private equity majors Blackstone and KKR as well as Sony Group are among a number of parties interested in acquiring Japan-based online comic store company Infocom in a deal that could be worth up to $1.28bn (JPY200bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
- 10/05/2024
Special Report
May 2024 | There are no signs of the AI buzz abating – leading voices in the alternative asset management space have publicly declared its transformative potential, with tremendous productivity benefits to come. This report takes a closer look at what the real use cases are, how they differ from one asset class to the next, and how firms can overcome some of the most common pain points that stand in the way of progress.
- 09/05/2024
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Japanese multinational investment company SoftBank Group has been considering the acquisition of Graphcore, a UK semiconductor startup that has faced challenges despite a previous valuation of $2.8bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.Â
- 09/05/2024
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Shares in Peloton soared by as much as 18% on Tuesday after CNBC reported that several private equity firms are considering a buyout of the connected fitness company, which is looking to refinance its debt and return to growth after 13 consecutive quarters of losses.
- 08/05/2024
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Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager with over $900bn of assets under management, has agreed to invest $1.5bn to acquire a 51% stake in asset-based private credit specialist Castlelake’s fee-related earnings.
- 07/05/2024
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London-based card reader maker SumUp has secured a €1.5bn private credit loan package from a group of lenders led by Goldman Sachs. Other participants include BlackRock, Apollo Global Management, Oaktree Capital Management and Vista Credit Partners.
- 03/05/2024
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