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Blackstone to acquire Sony Payment Services

Private equity funds managed by Blackstone are to acquire a majority stake in Sony Payment Services Inc, one of Japan’s leading payment service providers, from Sony Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group.

Renovus acquires ASD therapy specialist Behavioral Framework

Renovus Capital Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm focussed on the knowledge and talent industries has acquired Behavioral Framework, a provider of applied behaviour analysis therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Blackstone completes $2.16bn NIPSCO investment

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, the infrastructure unit of New York-based private equity major Blackstone, has completed the acquisition of a 19.9% stake in the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for $2.16bn.

WestBridge backs Survey Solutions MBO

Private equity firm WestBridge has completed a secondary buyout of Land Survey Solutions Limited (t/a Survey Solutions), a provider of engineering surveying and monitoring services to a range of sectors across the UK.

Advent and Fisher Investment deny deal talks

Advent International and Fisher Investments have denied that they are in deal talks after the Wall Street Journal reported that the US private equity firm was negotiating to acquire the money management company, according to a report by Reuters.

Ara Partners acquires majority interest in USD Clean Fuels

Ara Partners, a private equity and infrastructure firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired a majority interest in USD Clean Fuels, a developer of logistics infrastructure in North America for the renewable fuels value chain.

EIG to acquire Ocyan for $390m

EIG, a private investment firm focused on global energy and energy-related infrastructure investments, is to acquire Ocyan Participações (Ocyan), a Brazil-based solutions provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, for $390m.

Investcorp acquires HR Software specialist VEDA

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp’s global technology arm, Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), is to acquire a majority stake in VEDA, an HR software and digitally enabled payroll-as-a-service provider in the DACH region.

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