A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday.
Carlyle Group, along with co-investors King Street Capital Management and Davidson Kempner Capital Management, is reportedly considering a renewed sale of Trans Maldivian Airways Pvt (TMA), the world’s largest seaplane operator, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has made an investment in Kindred Education Limited (Kindred), a provider of early years education for children aged 0-5 years, through its Enterprise 3 Fund.
Private equity giant Carlyle Group is pursuing at least AUD500m ($324m) in debt financing to support its acquisition of Waste Services Group, an Australian waste management firm, from Livingbridge EP, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity giant TPG is exploring the sale of Crunch Fitness, a gym chain that could be valued at over $1.5bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a UK based growth equity investor, has made a strategic growth investment in Springtime Technologies (Springtime), an accounts payable automation software company based in Vienna, Austria.
BlackRock has agreed to a $12bn deal to acquire HPS Investment Partners, a global specialist in credit investment management with $148bn in client assets, with the entire transaction to be completed entirely in BlackRock equity.
French payments company Worldline (WLN.PA) is attracting early-stage takeover interest from private equity firms, including Bain Capital, as it faces a challenging period of falling share prices, profit warnings, and leadership changes, according to a report by Reuters.
Apollo Global Management has predicted an “industrial renaissance” tied to the energy transition, estimating a massive $50tn investment opportunity over the coming decades, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Leslie Mapondera, a partner at the private capital firm.
Ivanhoé Cambridge and ICAMAP, the owners of easyHotel, are nearing the conclusion of a sale process for the budget accommodation chain, with two key bidders emerging in the final stages – London & Regional Properties and a Tristan Capital Partners fund.
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