Benefit Street Partners, a credit-focused alternative asset manager with strategies spanning the credit spectrum, and Coller Capital, the world’s largest dedicated private markets secondaries manager, have closed a $2.3bn private credit continuation vehicle, BSP Debt Fund IV CV.
Apollo Global Management is preparing to launch a $5bn sports-focused investment vehicle, that will target both credit and equity opportunities in the sector according to a report by the Financial Times citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Centre Partners, a veteran mid-market buyout investor, is seeking $150m for its eighth flagship fund, Centre Capital Investors VIII, with a $200m hard cap, according to board materials for Plymouth County Retirement Association.
Swiss-based private equity firm Chiron Sports Group is launching Legacy 25, a $150m growth equity fund targeting US college athletic programs as schools increasingly professionalise, according to a report by Sportico.
SeaTown Holdings International, an alternative investment manager under Temasek’s asset management platform Seviora Holdings, has held a first close of over $612m for its third private credit vehicle, SeaTown Private Credit Fund III (PCF III), according to a report by Reuters.
BlueFive Capital, the Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, and CICC Capital, the private equity platform of China International Capital Corporation, are in discussions to establish a new fund aimed at supporting Chinese companies expanding into the Middle East, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Eldridge Capital Management, a subsidiary of the $70bn New York-based asset manager Eldridge, is targeting $1bn for a new private equity financing vehicle focused on GP-led transactions, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity fundraising has continued its downward trajectory, with firms globally raising just $592bn in the 12 months to June – the lowest annual figure since 2017, according to a report by the Financial Times citing Preqin data.
Crescent Capital Group is seeking to raise around $3bn for a new credit continuation vehicle that would roll assets out of its 2017-vintage Crescent Mezzanine Partners VII fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
The Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) has approved a $40m commitment to Khosla Ventures IX, according to a report by Private Equity International citing materials from the pension fund’s recent board meeting.
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