Global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has competed the sale of its stake in Preligens, a specialist leader in artificial intelligence for aerospace and defencem to Safran for an enterprise value of €220m.
Park Square Capital, a European private credit specialist, has successfully raised €3.4bn ($3.8bn) for its latest direct-lending fund, European Loan Partners II, which will lend to private equity-owned mid-market businesses across Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Cubera Private Equity has held the final close of its latest Nordic secondaries fund – Cubera X – at its hard cap of €780m, ahead of its target size of €700m. Including GP commitments the total size of the oversubscribed fund is €807m.
Pennsylvania-based lower middle market-focused private equity firm NewSpring has invested in US hotel renovation business Salisbury Moore via its private credit strategy, NewSpring Mezzanine.
International private equity firm Cinven has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Finaxy group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker, from $168bn global private investment house Ardian.
Private equity giant Blackstone has acquired an 80% stake in a European warehouse portfolio managed by Burstone, marking the latest move by the US investment manager into the booming warehouse sector fuelled by the rise of e-commerce, according to a report by Reuters.
Investcorp, the largest private equity firm based in the Gulf region, is undergoing a significant leadership reorganisation that will see one of its long-standing Co-Chief Executives, Hazem Ben-Gacem, step down from his role.
Private equity firms HIG and CapVest have joined the competition to acquire AAH Pharmaceuticals, the UK’s largest pharmacy wholesaler, which has been put up for sale just three years after being acquired by German PE firm Aurelius, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Fund IV has agreed to sell its majority stake in maritime sector software provider Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) to Lloyd’s Register, a global professional services group specialising in marine engineering and technology.
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has appointed Christoph Rinnert as Head of Private Equity Germany effective immediately, to oversee the company’s private equity portfolio in the DACH region,
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