Citigroup has carried out a simulation to explore how a private equity fund could be tokenised on a blockchain network, working with investment firm Wellington Management and ETF sponsor WisdomTree to carry out its “proof of concept”, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Capstreet, a Houston-based lower middle market private equity firm, has acquired Analytic Stress Relieving (ASR), a provider of on-site heat-treating services. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Alternative investment giant Blackstone has started construction on its 226,000 sq ft European headquarters, which is located on the site of the former Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London. The commencement ceremony was attended by Blackstone’s CEO and Co-Founder Stephen Schwarzman, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the US Ambassador
European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group has priced AlbaCore Euro CLO VI, its sixth collateralised loan obligation, at €402.3m, growing the total values of the firms’ CLO issuance to date from €2.2bn to ~€2.6bn.
Blackstone has withdrawn its bid to acquire a stake in the company holding the media rights to German football’s Bundesliga as opposition from fans to the involvement of foreign private capital reached fever pitch, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Paris-based alternative investment firm Anaxago Capital’s first fund dedicated to the decarbonisation of European assets, AxClimat I, made its first investment in Vidia Equity’s oversubscribed Vidia Climate Fund I, which closed last month at its €415m hard cap.
Global law firm Dechert has appointed Eliot L Relles as a Partner in its corporate and securities practice group as part of efforts to enhance its capabilities in leveraged finance and private credit. Relles will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm specialising in credit and credit-related strategies, committed $1.3bn across its asset-based lending and diversified private credit platform during 2023.
Family offices have upped their allocations to alternatives in recent years, with an average 52% of assets now allocated to the asset class up 200 basis points since 2020, and they will continue to do so in 2024, according to a report by global private investment firm KKR.
Healthcare software specialist RLDatix is to refinance its existing debt facilities with a new $2bn-plus private credit loan led by Blue Owl Capital, with Ares Management and Golub Capital also significant participants in the deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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