Tiptree has agreed to sell its specialty insurance platform, The Fortegra Group, to South Korea’s DB Insurance for $1.65 billion in cash — a deal that also delivers a full exit for Warburg Pincus, according to a report by Reuters.
Global private investment giant Blackstone is considering strategic options for genealogy platform Ancestry.com, including a potential initial public offering or sale, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Electronic Arts, the videogame publisher behind global franchises FC and Battlefield, is to be acquired by a consortium including PE firm Silver Lake for $55bn, marking one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.
Private equity firm Sixth Street and billionaire Dean Metropoulos have agreed to buy an 8% stake in NFL franchise the New England Patriots that values the team at more than $9bn, according to a report by Sports Business Journal.
Private equity and alternative credit giants, including Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, Golub Capital, and Ares, are selling bonds backed by private credit loans at the fastest pace on record, according to a report by Bloomberg.
UK and Ireland growth capital investor BGF has named Tracy Bownes as its new Head of Value Creation, strengthening the firm’s operational support for portfolio companies. Bownes joins from LDC, where she served as a Partner.
Apollo Global Management is targeting wealthy European investors with three new private capital funds, expanding access to its European private credit, global diversified credit, and private markets secondaries strategies, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A JPMorgan-led banking group is working on $1.35bn in debt financing to support the merger of Advent International-backed Xplor Technologies with Clubessential Holdings, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Josh Harris-backed 26North Partners has appointed Matthew Manin, formerly head of private equity capital markets at Apollo Global Management, to spearhead its capital-markets operations, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the move.
Goldman Sachs-backed Petershill Partners Plc is set to return $921m to investors and delist from the London Stock Exchange, valuing the firm at approximately $4.5bn – a 35% premium to its last closing price, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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