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.
Private equity investors were involved in two out of every five major US mergers and acquisitions in 2022, with their 40% involvement rate up significantly from the 10% seen in 2001, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice
The private credit market could expand by double digits annually in the medium term to circa $3tn, replacing 11% of the broad fixed income market, according to new survey of 140 investors, fund managers and bankers by Bloomberg Intelligence.
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with over $60bn in assets under management, has held the final close of its oversubscribed Venture Innovation Fund IV programme (VIF IV) with more than $1.2 billion in capital commitments.
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