Francisco Partners, a San Francisco-based investment firm that focuses on technology and healthcare businesses, is to sell portfolio company QGenda to Hearst. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
HarbourVest Partners has raised a record $18.5bn in its latest private equity secondaries fundraising – $15.1bn for the oversubscribed main Dover Street XI fund, and an additional $3.4bn for Secondary Overflow Fund V, dedicated to secondary co-investment opportunities.
Dwight Scott, the executive who played a pivotal role in growing Blackstone Inc’s credit division into a $330bn powerhouse, is retiring from the firm after 16 years, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an internal memo.
An affiliate of Dallas-based private equity firm Paceline Equity Partners has provided a debt investment in Promise Confections, a portfolio company of private investment firm Promise Holdings, through a second lien credit facility.
Innova Capital has acquired a majority stake in Tutore group, Poland’s largest private education platform operating under the eTutor, ProfiLingua and Tutore brands. The deal also included the acquisition of the International Language Institute and ESL Brains.
A consortium of private credit and private equity firms including Davidson Kempner Capital Management and RRJ Capital have provided a $1bn private loan to Logan Group Co to allow the distressed Chinese property developer to refinance an existing credit facility, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Almost half (49%) of investors globally consider private equity to be overvalued, rising from 46% in H1 2024, according to alternatives data and insight provider Preqin’s Investor Outlook H2 2024 report, which surveyed 185 institutional investors.
Global private investment major KKR is negotiating a $500m private debt facility with lenders to support its proposed acquisition of a 50% stake in communications firm FGS from British advertising agency WPP for $775m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group has exited Kingsbridge Healthcare Group, the largest private hospital group in Northern Ireland.
London-based private lender Pemberton Asset Management is seeking to raise €3.75bn ($4.2bn) for its latest opportunistic credit fund, Pemberton Strategic Credit Fund IV, amid growing challenges faced by traditional banks, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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