Global private investment giant Apollo Global Management is gearing up to expand its private credit business, aiming to play a significant role in providing high-grade capital solutions to major corporations, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is planning to invest €7.5bn ($8.2bn) to develop data centres in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, further establishing the region as a key hub for cloud computing in Europe, according to a report by Reuters.
Marc Rowan, CEO at Apollo Global Management, one of the world’s largest private capital providers, foresees a growing convergence between public and private markets, with private capital increasingly attracting competition from Wall Street, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Third-party management company and fund regulation and governance solutions provider Carne Group (Carne), and institutional investment solutions business WTW, have secured regulatory approval for the launch of a private equity-focused Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF).
Corporate finance advisory firm, Continuum, has added two senior bankers as it continues its rapid growth since launching in 2022 – Patrick Lawther and Cody Nissan, who both bring extensive experience to the firm.
Verlinvest, a global family-backed consumer-focused evergreen investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in The Climbing Hangar, one of the UK’s leading bouldering gym operators, investing alongside the founder and existing management team.
Zinnia, a life and annuity (L&A) insurance technology company, has secured $300m in financing from Vista Credit Partners, the private credit subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners focused on the enterprise software, data, and technology markets.
Forbion, a global life sciences venture capital firm focused on Europe, has raised over €2bn ($2.2bn) across its two newest funds, Forbion Growth Opportunities III and Forbion Ventures VII, bringing total assets under management to €5bn ($5.5bn).
Private equity firm Stone Point Capital has agreed a deal to acquire a majority stake in Kestra Holdings, an independent broker-dealer with $117 billion in assets under management, buying out Warburg Pincus’s stake in the business.
Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, believes that the rapid expansion of the private credit market might reduce systemic risk in the US financial system, despite limited political support for raising bank capital requirements.
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