London-based private equity firm Corten Capital has held the final close of Corten Capital II at €680m. The fund will focus on investments in business software, services and data companies across Europe and North America.
JC Flowers & Co, the New York-based private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs partner James Christopher Flowers and focusing on the financial services industry, has sold First Bank (Romania) to Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo.
Lower middle market-focused private equity firm American Discovery Capital has held the final close of American Discovery Fund II at $190m in total capital commitments.
Middle-market private equity firm Freshstream will acquire a controlling stake in Dutch IT infrastructure-as-a-service provider Worldstream.
Private markets secondaries-focused investor Coller Capital has opened an office in Zurich in expanding its global private wealth secondaries solutions business outside the US.
Private credit investor Pemberton Asset Management is partnering with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to raise at least $1bn to provide net asset value loans to private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global investment giant BlackRock has appointed Camille de Lamotte as Co-Head of Private Debt Origination in France and Head of Origination in Spain, with responsibility for sourcing and executing middle-market direct lending investment opportunities.
LDC, a private equity investor which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has exited its investment in Cardel, a manufacturer and supplier of components used in the production of secure ID documents, and payment cards, to Lifco.
Following its acquisition of Crestbridge last month, Gen II Fund Services has appointed Alexander Le Quesne as Head of Real Assets – Europe, with responsibility for overseeing client service and the development of Gen II’s real assets service in Europe.
New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented private investment firm with approximately $50bn in assets under management, has closed a ‘significant’ growth investment in Grant Thornton, a US provider of audit, assurance, tax and advisory services.
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