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Luxembourg private debt market expands by 51%

According to the annual KPMG Private Debt fund survey commissioned by the Association of Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), the country’s private debt market expanded by 51% in 2023, with Assets under management rising to €404.4bn, compounding last year’s AuM growth of 45.4%.

Star Mountain closes $1.2bn direct lending fund

Star Mountain Capital, LLC (Star Mountain), a private credit and secondaries specialist investment firm with approximately $3.75bn in assets under management, has closed its Value-Added Direct Lending Fund IV above its $750m LP capital target at approximately $1.2bn.

Blackstone to acquire Rover in $2.3bn deal

Blackstone is set to acquire Rover Group, Inc, the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.3bn.

Pictet acquires controlling interest in Pareto

Pictet Alternative Advisors, the alternative investment business of Pictet Group, has announced its first investment through its new direct private equity team, acquiring a controlling interest in facilities manager Pareto FM.

ECI Partners invests in SaaS business

ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has invested in ISMS.online, a SaaS Information Security Management System. The deal provides a full realisation for Cow Corner, an investor focussed on UK services and software businesses, following a successful four-year investment partnership.

Norway’s $1.5tn sovereign fund set to invest in private equity

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, valued as the world’s largest at $1.5tn is likely to invest in private equity as an asset class, according to a report by the Business Times. The fund invests Norway’s surplus oil and gas revenue abroad, and is the world’s biggest single stock market investor, owning

Paul Weiss adds IP and Technology Transactions partner

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has announced that John Patten, a specialist in intellectual property and technology transactions, will be joining the firm in the Corporate Department, resident in London.

Latham & Watkins expands Private Credit practice

Latham & Watkins has made a double partner hire, with Fergus Wheeler and Paul Yin joining the London office within the Banking Practice. Wheeler and Yin have substantial experience advising international private credit funds and direct lenders, commercial and investment banks, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers on a variety

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