Hillhouse Investment has recruited Tomohiro Kikuta, a former partner at Bain Capital, to lead its expansion in Japan amid a surge in deal-making activities, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Private equity giant Carlyle Group is pursuing at least AUD500m ($324m) in debt financing to support its acquisition of Waste Services Group, an Australian waste management firm, from Livingbridge EP, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity giant TPG is exploring the sale of Crunch Fitness, a gym chain that could be valued at over $1.5bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.
Blue Earth Capital (BlueEarth), a specialist global impact investor, has held the first closing of its first evergreen, semi-liquid impact private credit strategy fund with capital commitments totalling €113m from a ‘select group’ of anchor investors.
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a UK based growth equity investor, has made a strategic growth investment in Springtime Technologies (Springtime), an accounts payable automation software company based in Vienna, Austria.
Following on from the success of its inaugural €250m private debt fund, Investec Alternative Investment Management (IAIM), a subsidiary of Investec Bank plc (Investec), has held the first close of its second Private Debt Fund (PDF II) at €200m.
Abingworth, a life sciences investment firm backed by private investment major Carlyle, is seeking to raise up to $1.5bn for a new fund aimed at financing late-stage clinical trials, according to a report by the Financial Times.
BlackRock has agreed to a $12bn deal to acquire HPS Investment Partners, a global specialist in credit investment management with $148bn in client assets, with the entire transaction to be completed entirely in BlackRock equity.
Nuveen Private Capital, which functions as the European and US private capital arms of Arcmont Asset Management and Churchill Asset Management, respectively, has named Otto Donner as its new Head of Nordics Business Development.
As part of the implementation of its 2030 strategic roadmap, Mirova has appointed Raphaël Lance to Head up a new real assets platform comprising the firm’s Energy Transition Infrastructure, Natural Capital and Private Equity businesses.
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