Private equity and private credit investment firm Clarion Capital Partners has appointed Jeff Sipos as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer. Sipos previously worked at Clarion from 2011 to 2015.
Website-building platform Squarespace will be taken private by private equity firm Permira in a $6.9bn all-cash transaction, with Ares Capital, Blackstone and Blue Owl providing a $2.65bn private credit package to help finance the acquisition.
Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital, which has $174bn in AUM across credit, GP strategic capital and real estate, has appointed Johann Santer as a Managing Director and Head of APAC Private Wealth, based in the company’s Hong Kong office.
Apollo Global Management is in advanced discussions with Intel over a deal to provide more than $11bn in capital to finance the chip manufacturer’s construction of a new plant in Ireland, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
PlayAGS will be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners, with the deal valued at $1.10bn. The company’s board has approved the acquisition and recommended shareholders also vote in favour of the proposed deal.
A trade in the riskiest segment of the $1.3tn credit market is attracting the most conservative investors, leading to concerns that they may be overlooking some risks in their pursuit of higher yields, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Clearlake Capital has raised $7.5bn as part of its $15bn goal for Clearlake Capital Partners VIII, setting a $16.7bn hard cap for its eighth primary buyout fund, according to a report by Buyouts citing the May Investment Advisory Council meeting materials from the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds.
Oak Hill Advisors is leading a group of private credit lenders in discussions to provide about $1bn of debt to support Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of revenue management solutions business Model N, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Patron Capital, a pan-European investor focused on property-backed investments, has closed its seventh flagship fund, raising in excess of €860m, including more than €200m of Patron discretionary co-investment capital for larger opportunities.
Wiz, a US-Israeli startup and cloud cybersecurity solutions provider, has raised $1bn in a private funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, valuing the four-year old company at $12bn, according to a report by Reuters.
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