ArcLight Capital Partners, a middle market infrastructure investor, has sold Great River Hydro, a US renewable energy infrastructure platform and the largest conventional hydroelectric portfolio in New England, to affiliates of Hydro-Québec for a value of approximately $2 billion.

The Riverside Company has added to its SaaS portfolio through an investment in Gastromatic, a Germany-based provider of workforce management software solutions for small and medium sized businesses operating in shift-based industries.  Gastromatic’s software platform acts as the single source for all employee related data and enables customers and their

Carlyle Group’s proposed Cotiviti Inc deal, has attracted offers of support from Apollo Global Management, HPS Investment Partners and Blackstone to provide a $5.5 billion loan – the largest buyout financing ever arranged by private credit firms – to help finance the acquisition of the healthcare technology firm, according to

International Mexican restaurant group Zambrero has secured an investment from pan-European private capital manager Metric Capital Partners, with the firm taking a minority stake in the business alongside one other investor for a cumulative investment of approximately £143 million.  The transaction represents the first ever external capital taken by Zambrero.

Finastra, a London-based fintech owned by technology focused private investment firm Vista Equity Partners, is exploring a possible sale of its banking unit in a deal that could be worth as much as $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites several unnamed sources as confirming that

BMC Software, a specialist in tech support software backed by private investment major KKR, has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, according to a report by Bloomberg, with the company expected to be values at between $14 billion and $15 billion.

PCF Insurance Services, a top 20 US insurance brokerage firm, has secured a $500 million preferred equity investment in a transaction co-led by Carlyle’s Global Credit platform and private equity firm HGGC, an existing minority investor, which values the business at $4.7 billion. 

Finastra, a London-based fintech owned by technology focused private investment firm Vista Equity Partners, is exploring a possible sale of its banking unit in a deal that could be worth as much as $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters.