Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has sold Totalmobile, a provider of field service management software, to Five Arrows and funds managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
State Street Investment Management has made a strategic minority investment in Coller Capital, one of the world’s largest dedicated private market secondaries managers. The firms have also agreed to collaborate across a variety of client segments to drive innovation and broaden each firm’s reach.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is poised to retain approximately 40% of the fees linked to the $20bn debt financing backing the take-private of Electronic Arts, according to a report by Bloomberg, equating to about $200m of the total fee.
Private investment giant Apollo Global Management has withdrawn its $2.1bn offer to acquire pizza chain Papa John’s International at $64 per share, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
TriArtisan Capital Advisors, the private equity firm that owns TGI Fridays, has agreed to acquire Denny’s Corp in a $620m take-private deal, marking the latest in a wave of restaurant sector buyouts, according to a report by Reuters.
Montagu, a mid-market private equity firm, has closed a €2bn single-asset continuation vehicle to extend its partnership with Wireless Logic, an Internet of Things platform provider. The oversubscribed fund, which is the largest single-asset continuation vehicle completed in Europe this year, will be managed by Montagu, with TPG GP Solutions
TSG Consumer, a private equity firm specialising in consumer brands, has sold its majority stake in collision repair firm Joe Hudson’s Collision Center to Boyd Group Services Inc, one of the largest operators of collision repair centres in North America. The transaction, valued at $1.3bn, is expected to close in
Boyu Capital is set to acquire a controlling stake in Starbucks’ China operations in a transaction valuing the business at around $4bn, marking one of the largest divestments by a Western consumer brand in China in recent years, according to a report by Reuters.
Leading global private equity firms, including Warburg Pincus and Carlyle Group, are reportedly exploring bids for Acclime, a Hong Kong-based corporate services platform, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Investment firm Aquarian Holdings, which is backed by private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala, is close to finalising a $4bn take-private deal for US life insurer Brighthouse Financial, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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