Private equity firms are increasingly targeting corporate carve-outs as they look for new investment opportunities and ways to generate returns in a market still constrained by higher interest rates, elevated valuations and geopolitical uncertainty, according to law firm White & Case.
Gamma Communications has entered early-stage discussions with Waterland Private Equity Investments over a potential takeover of the UK telecoms services provider, adding another private equity bidder to the company’s strategic review, according to a report by Reuters.
Vista Equity Partners is exploring a potential sale of Allvue Systems, a private markets software and data provider that could command a valuation of as much as $3bn including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Partners Group is set to exit its private credit investment in bubble-tea chain Gong Cha following Bain Capital’s acquisition of the Taiwanese brand from TA Associates earlier this month.
Steadfast Group has agreed to a AUD7.7bn ($5.5bn) takeover by a consortium backed by KKR, in one of the latest major Australian public-to-private transactions targeting the country’s financial services sector, according to report by Reuters.
Apollo Global Management has disclosed a data breach after hackers gained unauthorised access to some of the asset manager’s cloud systems and obtained personal information, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity firms are increasingly embedding artificial intelligence specialists within portfolio companies as sponsors look to use the technology to develop new products, improve operations and create additional sources of revenue, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Investment-grade debt issued to finance the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom is increasingly drawing buyers traditionally associated with the high-yield market, as unusually attractive returns broaden the investor base for large technology and data centre financings, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Carlyle Group has joined JPMorgan Chase and Andreessen Horowitz in a more than $1bn funding round for defence technology company Castelion, highlighting growing PE and institutional investor interest in next-generation weapons manufacturing, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Private credit managers are increasingly looking to Britain’s £1tn-plus defined-benefit pension market as a source of capital, as insurers allocate a growing share of their portfolios to private assets, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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