Global private credit firms, led by industry giant Ares Management, are turning their focus on Italy, as more small businesses – the backbone of country’s economy – open up to external investors, providing increased buyout opportunities, according to a report by Reuters.
Private capital asset manager Pollen Street Capital has acquired Etops Group in an add-on transaction for its new European wealth and asset management software group, which was announced in Q4 2023.
First Reserve, a global private equity firm investing across energy, utility, and general industrial end-markets, has promoted Rohit Agarwal from Associate to Vice President.
Emera, an international energy and services company, is to sell its wholly owned operating company, New Mexico Gas Company, to Bernhard Capital Partners, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, for an aggregate transaction value of $1.252bn.
Private credit funds are currently in discussions to provide at least AUD1.5bn ($978m) in junior debt to support a potential buyout of Australian data centre operator AirTrunk, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations.
International law firm Perkins Coie has added private funds partner Kerry Potter McCormick, who advises private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, credit funds and funds-of-funds, to the firm’s corporate and financial regulation practices in New York.
Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, has held the final close of its Stonepeak Opportunities Fund at its revised hard cap of $3.15bn, after strong investor demand exceeded the original $2.5bn target.
Veritas Capital, a $40bn private investment firm focused on companies that provide critical products, software, and services to government and commercial customers, is to acquire NCR Voyix’s cloud-based digital banking business for $2.45bn in cash.
Private investor Rcapital is to acquire GT Emissions Systems, a UK supplier of emission control systems for diesel engines in commercial vehicles and equipment, and a subsidiary of braking systems, rail and commercial vehicle systems manufacturer Knorr-Bremse.
Middle-market private equity firm Aurora Capital Partners has acquired GenServe, a provider of backup power for commercial, industrial and critical infrastructure. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
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