Partners Group has surpassed its target of $15bn in client commitments for its fifth direct private equity programme, which comprises commitments to the Partners Group Direct Equity V fund, as well as bespoke client solutions and open-ended funds that allocate to the same strategy.
Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm specialising in the industrial and healthcare sectors, has appointed Steve Sleigh as a Senior Advisor, following the retirement of Mike Musuraca.
Distressed debt levels at private equity-owned companies have surged amid persistent high interest rates, with the amount owed by portfolio companies of the world’s 50 largest PE firms up 18% since mid-March to $42.7bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing rankings from Private Equity International.
Atlanta-based private equity firm Caymus Equity Partners has sold portfolio company TriplePoint MEP, a provider of HVACR installations, maintenance, repair, design and consulting services, to New York-based private equity firm Stellex Capital Management.
Middle-market private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has invested in EDGE Industrial Technologies, a producer of industrial machine knives, blades, punches and related equipment.
Coller Capital, an independent investor dedicated exclusively to private market secondaries, has received regulatory approval to launch its first Luxembourg domiciled ‘SICAV’ fund, accessible to eligible private wealth investors outside of the US.
HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $62bn of capital under management, will sell its portfolio company and Italian information technology specialist DGS to the company’s co-founders and management team, in partnership with alternative asset manager ICG.
Blackstone has completed the acquisition of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a franchisor of fast casual restaurants, from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. The deal is the first for the most recent vintage of the firm’s flagship private equity vehicle.
Private equity firm TDR Capital is set to become the majority stakeholder in UK supermarket chain Asda, through the acquisition of a 22.5% stake in the business from Zuber Issa, co-founder of EG Group, which ups its holding to 67.5%.
The vast majority of limited partners are expecting to either increase or maintain their allocations to private markets investments over the next year, according to Coller Capital’s semi-annual Global Private Capital Barometer.
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