Fortress Investment Group is strengthening its private wealth operation outside the US with the appointment of regional heads for Europe and Japan, as the alternative investment manager steps up efforts to attract wealthy investors in international markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Flexstone Partners, the private markets investment manager and affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed its acquisition of Boston-based private equity secondaries specialist Glouston Capital Partners.
UK private equity firm Epiris has agreed to acquire telecommunications company Gamma Communications in a transaction valuing the business at approximately £1.08bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Women received just £366m, or 6.8%, of the £5.4bn in carried interest and other profit-share awards paid to senior executives at private equity and hedge fund firms last year, according to analysis of HMRC data by business advisers and chartered accountants Lubbock Fine.
Italy’s Lottomatica is set to absorb Spanish gaming and betting operator Cirsa in an all-share merger that will see Blackstone roll its existing investment in Cirsa into the enlarged group, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity firm American Industrial Partners is considering a fundraising target of around $8bn for its next buyout fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Brookfield Asset Management is looking to extract a $600m dividend from HomeServe through a proposed $1.8bn whole-business securitisation, as the private markets investor explores another way to generate liquidity from its portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
HIG Capital has appointed Younghee Choi as head of Asia within its Capital Formation Group, as the alternative investment firm looks to expand its relationships with institutional and private wealth investors across the region.
KKR is set to generate a $3.3bn gain from the sale of USI Insurance Services to Aon in a $17bn transaction, marking another sizeable realisation for the private equity firm as deal activity and exit markets begin to improve, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Swiss private markets manager Partners Group has reported a 13% year-on-year decline in first-half net profit, while announcing a leadership change that will see Roberto Cagnati and Juri Jenkner take over as co-CEOs from January 2027, according to a report by Reuters.
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