UK mid-market private equity firm Limerston Capital has closed its second fund, Limerston Capital Partners II, with total commitments of £245m from both existing and new LPs across the US, Asia and Europe.
Global private equity major Carlyle Group is gearing up to sell portfolio company Tokiwa, a Japanese cosmetics supplier, and is eyeing a potential deal value of around $800m, according to a report by Reuters.
The Biden administration has initiated an inquiry into small acquisitions made by private equity companies within the healthcare industry, amid concerns that buyouts have had a negative impact on both patients and workers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pennsylvania-based middle market private equity firm Riverarch Equity Partners, formerly PNC Riverarch Capital, has closed its latest private equity fund, Riverarch Equity Partners IV, with $1.bn in commitments.
The growth of the private credit market will attract increased regulation, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing Andrew Palmer, CIO of the Maryland State Retirement & Pension System, who spoke at the Council of Institutional Investors’ spring conference in Washington on Tuesday.
Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.
Manulife Investment Management has closed Manulife Capital Partners VII, its $752m private credit fund, which will focus on 20-30 portfolio companies with over $20m in EBITDA across sectors including business services, industrial manufacturing, aerospace and defence, as well as building products.
European specialist private credit investor Veld Capital has partnered with technology-focused investor EOS Group for the purchase of a €364m portfolio of regulated French consumer loans from BNP Paribas Personal Finance, which contains over 125,000 small balance French consumer loans with an average balance of under €3,000.
US private equity firm Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund will acquire an 82.5% stake in London Southend Airport, a subsidiary of aviation group Esken, formerly Stobart Group, in an agreement to settle £193.75m in debt, with London-based private equity firm Cyrus Capital Partners providing liquidity to Esken.
CVC Capital Partners, Europe’s biggest buyout firm with around €188bn in AUM, is reviving its plans for a $15bn-plus Amsterdam stock market listing that could happen as soon as next month, according to a report by Sky News citing unnamed sources.
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