Ballast Rock names MD and Private Credit Portfolio Manager
Ballast Rock, a diversified investment management firm, has appointed Max Jackson as Managing Director, Private Credit Portfolio Manager, a newly-created role based in San Francisco.
Ballast Rock, a diversified investment management firm, has appointed Max Jackson as Managing Director, Private Credit Portfolio Manager, a newly-created role based in San Francisco.
Bayview Asset Management, a $20bn credit-focused investment firm, is exploring strategic liquidity options, including the potential sale of a minority equity stake, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Crayhill Capital Management, a $3bn alternative asset management firm specialising in asset-based finance, has held the final close of Crayhill Principal Strategies Fund III (Fund III) with approximately $1.31bn in capital commitments.
New York-based middle market private equity firm BRS & Co is exploring a potential sale of EoS Fitness that could value the business at approximately $1bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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.
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