Vietnam-focused private equity firm Mekong Capital is preparing to launch a new regenerative agriculture fund in 2026, with a targeted raise of up to $200m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing founding partner Chris Freund.
ABEC, a European Building Automation specialist, has been acquired by funds advised by private equity firm Magnesium Capital supported by credit fund DunPort Capital Management.
In a move that bolsters its premier global private equity practice, Paul Hastings has added Christopher Zochowski and Bradley Noojin to the firm’s roster of partners. The pair have moved to the firm from A&O Shearman.
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, an affiliate of Monroe Capital that provides secured loans to VC and PE-backed and publicly traded companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information, and sustainability sectors has appointed Paul Seitz as its new Chief Investment Officer.
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with $70bn of capital under management, has appointed Antonin Marcus as a Managing Director in the firm’s Middle Market Private Equity team in France.
BGF has appointed Indro Mukerjee to its Deep Tech & Climate Advisory Board, a high-level group of experts chaired by Baroness Brown of Cambridge, which plays a pivotal role in shaping the firm’s strategy in the evolving deep tech sector.
Eneasz Kądziela has left the Bureau of Asset Management (BAM) – the organisation responsible for overseeing the investment portfolios of the five New York City retirement systems – where he served as Deputy CIO and Private Equity Asset Head.
Private equity giant Advent International is one step closer to sealing its largest UK deal this year after Spectris, the British precision instrumentation and software company, said it would back a formal £3.73bn ($5.06bn) offer – if Advent proceeds, according to a report by Reuters.
Macquarie Asset Management is preparing to divest DIG Airgas, South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer, in a transaction that could fetch up to $3.6bn, with a number of global PE firms, including KKR and Brookfield Asset Management, vying for the asset, according to a report by Reuters.
Marelli Holdings, the Japanese automotive supplier backed by global investment firm KKR, is reportedly considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the United States, according to a report by Reuters citing Kyodo News.
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