The UK government is set to unveil sweeping changes to its regulatory framework for hedge funds and private equity firms, proposing a new lighter-touch regime for managers with less than £5bn in assets under management rather than the £100m threshold currently, according to a report by the Financial Times.
TA Associates has acquired a strategic stake in smartTrade Technologies, a provider of multi-asset electronic trading and payments platforms, with David Vincent, CEO and Co-Founder of smartTrade, and the broader management team, also participating.
D Capital, a Japanese private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, has successfully closed its second series of funds, D Capital II Series Funds, at its hard cap of JPY67bn ($445m). The fund received strong backing from a wide range of institutional investors, both in Japan and internationally.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, alongside its institutional partners, has reached an agreement to acquire Colonial Enterprises, the operator of the largest fuel pipeline network in the US, in a transaction valued at $9bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A wave of large institutional investors — including pensions, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds — has begun actively exploring sales of private equity fund stakes on the secondary market to raise liquidity, according to a report by the Financial Times citing leading private capital advisers including Houlihan Lokey.
Assura, a leading British healthcare REIT, is weighing a £1.5bn cash-and-stock offer from rival REIT Primary Health Properties (PHP) amid ongoing takeover interest from a US private equity consortium led by KKR and Stonepeak Partners, according to a report by Reuters.
KKR has pulled out of a private equity consortium exploring a potential takeover of Gerresheimer AG, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
A group of private equity firms is vying for control of MyDentist, the UK’s largest provider of NHS dental services, with several high-profile investors making bids for the business, according to a report by SkyNews.
Vista Equity Partners has paused efforts to refinance nearly $6bn in debt and preferred equity tied to its portfolio company, Finastra, citing a lack of investor interest driven by deteriorating conditions in the loan market, according to a report by PE Insights.
The continuation vehicle (CV) market now accounts for nearly 50% of all secondary transactions, according to the latest Morgan Lewis Continuation Vehicles Report 2025, which highlights key trends in legal terms and provisions.
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