Capital Group, the $3.3tn active management giant long known for its near-exclusive focus on public markets, is making a move into private credit through a deepening partnership with KKR, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Investec Alternative Investment Management, a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc, and Carlyle AlpInvest, have launched Investec’s inaugural European senior debt fund, Investec Senior Debt Fund I, a private credit fund with approximately €400m of investable capital managed by the Investec Direct Lending team.
Blackstone, Apollo and KKR have agreed to take part in the Bank of England’s planned stress test of the private credit market, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter. The central bank is expected to confirm the exercise this week.
A group of private credit investors including PSP Investments, Oaktree Capital Management and Franklin Templeton has acquired around $2bn of subordinated debt linked to Blackstone and TPG’s buyout of Hologic, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Macquarie Asset Management has hired Thibault Sauvage as managing director and EMEA head of specialised infrastructure debt, according to a report by eFinancialCareers. Sauvage joins from Canadian pension fund CDPQ, where he was a senior director.
Tom Steyer’s Galvanize is targeting venture debt, focusing on lending to early-stage companies, but avoiding the private credit market as it swells to about $3tn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone has launched a new unit to channel global retirement savings into private market strategies, targeting a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in defined contribution plans, according to a report by Reuters.
Digita Group has reached an agreement to be acquired by GI Partners. Digita is one of the largest independent, diversified tower companies in the Nordics, with nationwide tower portfolios across both Finland and Iceland. It also has a longstanding partnership with Yle, Finland’s public TV and radio broadcaster.
AUB Group shares fell sharply on Monday after EQT and CVC Asia Pacific ended a takeover pursuit that saw the Australian insurance broker valued at AUD5.25bn ($3.44bn), according to a report by Reuters.
Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has entered an agreement to exit its holding in Interact Software (Interact) to funds managed by Castik Capital, realising a 3.2x multiple on invested capital.
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