Shore Capital Partners is in advanced discussions with Silver Lake Management over the proposed merger of two major veterinary groups, Southern Veterinary Partners and Mission Veterinary Partners, in an $8.6bn transaction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Berkshire Partners (Berkshire), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on the middle market, has held the final close of Berkshire Fund XI (Fund XI) with approximately $7.8bn in capital commitments, making it the firm’s largest ever fund.
European growth investment firm Verdane has held the final close of Verdane Idun II, an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Directive, which will invest in businesses within the structural growth trend of decarbonisation, at its hard cap of €700m.
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) is relocating its head office from Toronto to New York, in a strategic move aimed at increasing visibility in US stock indexes and attracting a wider pool of institutional and active public investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
German private equity firm has completed its sixth exit of the year with the successful stock market debut of portfolio company, Steyr Motors, in the Scale segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 4X0.
Hassana Investment Company, the investment manager of Saudi Arabia’s $320bn General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) pension fund, is to allocate up to $500m in Brookfield Asset Management’s new Middle East-focused private equity fund.
An overwhelming majority of limited partners (LPs) are calling for greater transparency in waterfall distributions – the order in which investment returns are allocated – according to a new report by fund admin services provider CSC.
Bain Capital has acquired an 80% stake in private investment firm Aquila Group’s data centre subsidiary Aquila Compute, to accelerate plans to develop and operate sustainable data centres for hyperscale and AI customers across Europe.
The UK is to raise taxes on performance fees, or “carried interest,” for private equity fund managers from 28% to 32%, effective April 2025 — a smaller increase than many in the industry had anticipated, according to a report by Reuters.
Private-credit firm 5C Investment Partners, founded by former Goldman Sachs partners, has secured $1.6bn to launch its direct-lending initiative, targeting senior direct-lending deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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