Private equity firm Warburg Pincus and a unit of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) are set to invest up to INR75bn (approximately $877m) in India’s IDFC FIRST Bank, in a significant capital raise aimed at accelerating the lender’s growth strategy.
Coller Capital has raised $2.4bn for a landmark structured secondaries vehicle, securing backing from institutional heavyweights Barings and Ares Management in what is being described as the largest transaction of its kind in the secondaries market to date, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Insignia Financial has extended the exclusivity period for private equity bidders Bain Capital and CC Capital Partners by four weeks as both firms continue to work on a proposed acquisition of the Australian wealth manager, according to a report by Reuters.
Global private investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire German IT services provider Datagroup in an all-cash deal valued at approximately €450m ($508m), according to a report by Bloomberg citing a company statement made on Tuesday.
Private equity firms are scaling back on new deals and redirecting their attention to managing existing portfolio companies, as market turbulence sparked by fresh US tariffs under Donald Trump makes asset pricing increasingly uncertain, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Global investment platform AXA Venture Partners has completed its management buyout from AXA and will rebrand to Atlantic Vantage Point (AVP). The firm, which was originally founded in 2016, will continue to work closely with AXA.
Ansor, a UK-based ground-up buy-and-build private investment firm, has held the final close of its second fund, Ansor Fund II, at its investor hard cap of £250m. Almost twice the size of the firm’s prior fund which closed in 2019 on £130m.
Bridgepoint, a UK-based private investment group that specialises in private equity, infrastructure and private credit, has appointed John Dionne and Michelle Scrimgeour as independent non-executive directors with effect from 1 July 2025.
InCred Alternative Investments, the private credit platform of KKR-backed InCred Financial Services, is set to raise INR15bn ($174m) for its latest credit fund as it looks to capitalise on rising demand for private credit in India, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative credit investment firm Crescent Capital Group LP has held the final close of its third European specialty lending fund, Crescent European Specialty Lending Fund III (CESL III), with total investable capital of approximately €3bn.
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