Private investment firm KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, a US developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects. Following the close of the transaction, KKR and existing investor EIG, will be the sole equity investors in the company.
Mid-market private equity firm Montagu Private Equity has agreed a deal to acquire Johnson Matthey’s Medical Device Components business for a cash consideration of $700m (£550m) on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Schroders Capital, the specialist private markets division of the Schroders Group, has appointed Ingo Heinen to the newly-created position of Global Head of Business Development and Product with responsibility for product evolution and development.
Private equity firm TA Associates is to make a strategic growth investment in SER, a global Intelligent Content Automation (ICA) software vendor in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market, replacing Carlyle as the company’s lead investor.
Unilever is hoping to attract private equity interest in its ice cream division, having announced plans to sell the business, which includes Wall’s, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s, and is working with advisers to sound out potential purchasers, according to a report by the Financial Times.
An affiliate of HIG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $60bn of capital under management, is to acquire the payroll and professional services business of Alight, in a deal worth up to $1.2bn.
Global allocators upped their alternative asset allocations – private equity, credit, real estate, real assets, infrastructure and hedge funds – to $172bn in 2023 a 19% increase from the $144bn seen in the previous year, according to a research commissioned by Vidrio Financial.
Texas-based private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners has made a majority investment in Coker Group, a US healthcare advisory firm serving hospitals, private and health system-affiliated physician groups, private equity-backed platforms and ancillary healthcare entities.
Princeton Equity Group, a US private equity firm focused on franchise and multi-unit companies, has appointed Jeremy Wright as an Operating Partner.
Alternative investment boutique Silver Creek Capital Management has hired Michael Callahan as Managing Director, Business Development. Callahan joins from Investcorp, where he was a Managing Director focused on institutional capital raising for its global credit business.
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