CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII has agreed to acquire 100% of the Italian quick-service restaurant chain, La Piadineria, from funds advised by global private equity investment firm Permira.
Food manufacturing group Bakkavor has made a change to its board after hedge fund Baupost sold its 20.1% stake in the business to private equity investment firm LongRange Capital, according to a report by ShareCast.
Independent insurance broking business the Ardonagh Group, is looking to raise as much as $5bn from private credit firms in what would be the largest ever direct lending deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm PAI Partners is in the early stages of exploring options for Froneri, its ice cream joint venture with Nestlé that includes brands like Häagen-Dazs, including a sale of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Global investment giant BlackRock is making a major push into the alternative investments space having agreed to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners, in a deal worth $12.5bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Funds managed by Strategic Value Partners, a global alternative investment firm with over $18bn of assets under management, have acquired the remaining 40% of IPC, a provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology.
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.
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