A high-stakes clash between private equity titans KKR and Bain Capital over a $4bn buyout of Fuji Soft is reshaping the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Japan, and could become a blueprint for more aggressive dealmaking in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times.
European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion is to acquire Finanzen.net Group (Finanzen), a digital broker and market financial information portal in the DACH region, from Axel Springer, in partnership with the company’s founders.
The private2000 index, a barometer of private company investments across 30 countries from Scientific Infra & Private Assets, posted a 0.72% return in September, bringing its year-to-date (YTD) gain to 4.45% and achieving an 8.85% annualised return over the past year.
HIG Bayside Capital Europe (Bayside), the European special situations and capital solutions affiliate of alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the refinancing of recruitment specialist Oliver James.
Garnett Station Partners (Garnett Station), a New York-based private investment firm managing over $2.3bn in assets, has made a strategic growth investment in Bristol Environmental (Bristol), a provider of environmental remediation and abatement services.
Aurelius Growth Capital, the Private Equity Growth segment of Aurelius, has appointed Richard Glatzel as Partner with responsibility for driving operational improvements in the company’s new portfolio companies.
Global investment firms KKR and Dragoneer Investment Group have completed their acquisition of Instructure Holdings, a provider of education technology including the Canvas learning management platform, in a deal valued at approximately $4.8bn.
Insight Partners, Blackstone, and Clearlake Capital, the joint owners of Diligent Corporation, are considering strategic options for the corporate governance software provider, including a potential sale that could value the business at around $7bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
The Citco group of companies (Citco), an asset-servicer to the alternative investment sector, has launched Citco Japan Co KK, which will operate as the firm’s local operational headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.
Swedish private investment firm Tidan Capital has added Monique Melis, the Global Head of Financial Services Compliance and Regulation at Kroll, as an independent director to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
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