Kainos Capital, a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has made two promotions – Steven Koch to Principal from Vice President, and Alex Stanek to Manager on the firm’s operations team from Senior Associate.
JP Morgan Asset Management is expecting investors to exit their investments in private credit funds at a record pace this year as they look for liquidity, boosting the nascent secondary market in the process, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Harris Williams, a global investment bank specialising in M&A and private capital advisory services, has appointed Jonathan Abecassis as a Managing Director in the firm’s private capital advisory group in London.
Global investment firm Carlyle has held the final close of its inaugural collateralised loan obligation captive equity fund, CLO Partners, which raised more than $600m, exceeding its initial $500m target.
Private equity firms Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman are in competition over a deal to acquire DocuSign, a provider of online signature services valued at around $12.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on private equity and credit investing in the middle market, is to sell Sportech, a designer, manufacturer and assembler of cab components and assemblies for a wide range of OEM customers, to Patrick Industries, in a deal valued at $315m.
DecisionRx, a value-based healthcare company focused on reducing the cost of care by helping physicians optimise prescribing decisions for their patients, has agreed a a $100m credit facility with global investment firm Carlyle.
Blackstone has promoted Kenneth Caplan, the company’s current Global Co-Head of real estate, and Lionel Assant, European Head of private equity, to the newly created roles of Global Co-Chief Investment Officers.
Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in KeTech Defence, part of KeTech Group, to safety and security company Wescom Group, generating a 2.8x return for YFM’s investors in the process.
IK Partners, a European PE firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK has promoted Carl Jakobsson and Frederik Jacobs to partner in the firm’s mid-cap investment teams in the Nordics and the Benelux respectively.
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