Carlyle’s Latin America-focused private investment team led by Eduardo Ramos, is to transition to Miami-based investment firm Grupo Romero Asset Management (GRAM), with the objective of establishing GRAM’s private equity platform in the Americas.
In a bid to free up funding for other investments, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, is considering selling up to $2bn in private equity assets via the secondary market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
In a bid to retain top talent as the industry combats a prolonged period of subdues deals activity, private equity firms are offering a range of staff ‘benefits’ including higher base salaries, more paid time-offs, gym discounts, travel insurance, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nordic Capital is to acquires a majority share in IntegriChain, a provider of pharmaceutical technology, data, consulting, and outsourcing solutions designed to improve how life sciences products reach customers.
New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has completed the sale of a diversified portfolio of 20 limited partnership private equity fund interests in mostly North American and European buyout funds to private investment firm Ardian for around CAD2.1bn.
Big name private equity firms including KKR and Carlyle are increasingly pivoting from their traditional buyout strategies to the private credit sector as they look to combat a prolonged slump in dealmaking, according to a report by Bloomberg.
MidOcean Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market PE and alternative credit investments, has acquired Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, a B2B workplace safety training platform from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
SWEN Capital, a European private equity firm with over €7.7bn in AUM, has held the final close of the second vintage of its European infrastructure fund, SWIFT 2, an impact fund dedicated to renewable gas investments at €580m.
Granite Creek Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, has held the oversubscribed closing of its third investment fund, Granite Creek FlexCap III, a $300m vehicle focused on providing flexible capital to growing lower middle market companies.
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