Ares Management has entered into a strategic partnership with Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to create a new investment vehicle focused on acquiring minority stakes in mid-size private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners has wrapped up fundraising for its latest Asian buyout fund, securing $5.5bn – roughly 20% below its original $7bn target – amid a challenging year for the firm and the broader region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK supermarket Asda has completed £568m of sale-and-leaseback transactions across 24 stores and a distribution depot, in a move seen as strengthening the capital structure under majority owner TDR Capital, according to a report by Reuters.
TPG’s Rise Fund has made a strategic minority investment in Healthcademia, an international healthcare education group, joining majority shareholder G Square Capital to support the company’s next phase of growth.
A consortium of private credit investors, including Antares Capital, KKR, BlackRock, and Carlyle Group, is preparing to convert debt into equity at 48Forty Solutions, roughly a year after backing Summit Partners’ $1.75bn acquisition of the pallet company, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Horizon Group, a global provider of specialised international freight forwarding focused on time-critical marine spare parts logistics, has announced that Gal Dayan has been appointed as the firm’s new COO, effective April 15, 2025. Horizon is a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners LP, a middle-market private equity firm based
Private equity firms are increasingly tapping the high-yield bond market to extract cash from portfolio companies in order to fund payouts to themselves and their investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
PAG has made one of the largest private equity investments in China this year, committing about $2.8bn to take control of a mall-operations business developed by Dalian Wanda Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. In the biggest cross-border deal in China’s commercial real estate sector since 2021, the firm
Carlyle Group is launching a dedicated India side-fund alongside its sixth pan-Asia vehicle, aiming for approximately $300m in commitments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
EQT AB is reportedly close to acquiring a majority stake in European environmental services provider Desotec from Blackstone Inc, just four years after the US private equity firm purchased the business, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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