Private equity firm Cinven is raising between €1.5bn and €2bn for a new mid-market fund, positioned as the successor to its Strategic Financials Fund (SFF), according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire UK-based Spectris, a maker of high-precision scientific instruments, in a deal worth £4.4bn ($5.9bn), the largest takeover in Britain so far this year, according to a report by Reuters.
Apollo Global Management has agreed to provide £4.5bn ($6.08bn) in debt financing to support the construction of Hinkley Point C, the UK’s flagship nuclear energy project led by EDF, according to a report by Reuters.
The market for active tokenised private credit loans has reached $13.88bn – nearly double the $7.38bn outstanding in tokenised US Treasuries, emerging as a leading segment within the broader real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation space, according to Bitcoin.com citing data from rwa.xyz.
St Louis-based Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired Bubbakoo’s Burritos, a New Jersey-based franchisor of fast-casual Mexican-fusion restaurants as the fast-casual category continues to outperform broader foodservice segments.
London-based private equity giant CVC Capital Partners is in advanced talks to secure a $400m, five-year syndicated loan to enable a dividend payout from its portfolio company A Bathing Ape (BAPE), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Jacobs Holding and Telemos Capital, the two private investment firms backed by the Jacobs family, have merged to form Jacobs Capital, with the newly combined firm to be co-chaired by Nicolas and Philippe Jacobs, according to a report by CityWire.
NorthWall Capital, the London-based alternative credit specialist focused on Western Europe, has surpassed €2.9bn in assets under management following a series of successful fundraises across its multi-strategy platform.
Värde Partners, a credit and credit-related assets specialist, has expanded its broader asset-based finance strategy with the launch of a fund finance platform, with $300m of strategic equity capital from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), through subsidiaries of CPPIB Credit Investments, in addition to other Värde-dedicated capital.
CVC Capital has launched CVC Catalyst, a new sector-agnostic private equity strategy dedicated to high-quality, faster-growing mid-market businesses across Europe. The focus will be on on equity investments of under €250m in companies with strong growth potential.
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