Flexpoint Ford, a Chicago-based private equity firm specialising in investment in the financial services sector, has promoted Managing Partner Chris Ackerman to Chief Executive Officer, according to a report by Crain’s.
ECI Partners, a mid-market private equity firm which manages funds of over £2bn, and made two new hires – Ben Kirrage as an Investment Manager, and Georgia Ling as an Investment Analyst, as it scales its investment team.
Private investment giant Apollo Global Management has withdrawn its $2.1bn offer to acquire pizza chain Papa John’s International at $64 per share, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.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
Global investment firm Carlyle has partnered with SBI PE Holdings, Inc, a private equity business of Japanese financial services company SBI Group, to support SBI’s expansion of private credit opportunities for Japanese institutional investors. The partnership is SBI Group’s first full-scale entry into the private credit market.
Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital has reported a rise in its Q3 profit, powered by strong performance across its credit and real-assets units, according to a report by Reuters.
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private investment firm specialising in government-regulated industries, has closed its fund Arlington Capital Partners VII, with capital commitments totalling $6bn. The fund was oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap in less than five months and surpassing its $4.75bn target. This represents a 57% increase over
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Lunate has committed around $1bn to a newly launched investment platform with private credit manager HPS Investment Partners targeting large-cap corporates primarily in the US and Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit lenders led by General Atlantic are in talks to provide approximately $2bn of debt to Shutterfly Inc, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. The proposed financing is earmarked to refinance a portion of Shutterfly’s high-yield bonds and leveraged loan exposures.
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