The energy assets owned by 21 private equity firms, including industry majors Blackstone Inc and Carlyle Group, contribute a huge 1.2 gigatons of fossil fuel emissions annually, according to a report by Pension & Investments Online.
Kurma Partners, a private investment firm focused on improving human health, has held the first close of Biofund IV with €140m in capital commitments, over half of the €250m total the firm is targeting at final close in 2025.
Blue Owl Capital is set to acquire IPI Partners, a digital infrastructure investment firm, for approximately $1bn as the firm looks to benefit from the growing demand for data centres driven by the rapid adoption of generative AI, according to a report by Reuters.
Banks have seized the opportunity presented by lower interest rates to recapture corporate debt deals from private credit funds, refinancing around $30bn in private debt through broadly syndicated loans so far this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
ICE USA, a transportation-focused engineering and consulting services and solutions specialist, and a portfolio company of architecture, engineering, and consulting-focused private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Robert G Campbell & Associates (RGC&A).
ATL Partners has added to its Executive Board with the appointment of Ted Sisko as the Lead for Value Creation, with a focus on coordinating and enhancing value creation initiatives with ATL’s portfolio companies, and operating executives.
K2 Insurance Services has joined the growing list of companies looking to reduce borrowing costs by swapping private credit debt for leveraged loans by initiating $500m refinancing deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of its latest flagship secondaries fund, Crown Global Secondaries VI (CGS VI), at over $7bn in total capital commitments exceeding the original target size of $6bn.
Private equity firm Apollo Funds is to acquire aerospace components manufacturer Barnes Group in a take-private deal valued at approximately $3.6bn, with the company’s shares gaining by nearly 3% in premarket trading on the news, according to a report by Reuters.
Law fim Sidley Austin LLP has named the private equity finance team of Jay Sadanandan, Sam Hamilton, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright as partners in the firm’s Global Finance practice in London.
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