US financial services specialist private equity firm Estancia Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in UK savings fintech Flagstone via a £108m ($138m) equity investment.
European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion has closed the Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund III at its £1.75bn hard cap, making it the largest dedicated minority fund in Europe and 75% larger than its £1bn predecessor fund.
GoldenTree Asset Management, a global asset management firm with over $53bn in AUM, has held the closing of its new private credit fund with capital commitments of $1.35bn, surpassing its original target of $800m to $1bn.
Alto Partners and EOS Investment Management have jointly agreed to acquire a majority stake in EF Group, an Italian specialist in the design and construction of spaces and environments for events, exhibitions, corporate headquarters, showrooms and concept stores.
Private equity firms can capitalise on opportunities for modernisation, digitalisation and consolidation in the wealth management sector, according to Christian Kent, a Managing Director in global investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s fintech group, who last month advised on CBPE Group’s sale of Perspective Financial Group to Charlesbank.
Global alternative investment firm HIG Capital is to sell its portfolio company, ICG Group, a provider of communication infrastructure services, to SPIE Group, a European specialist in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications.
YFM Equity Partners has closed its latest fund, British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trusts, with £90m of committed funds in place, fulfilling its original £65m offer plus an overallotment facility of £25m.
Swiss private equity investment firm Partners Group is weighing up the options for its portfolio company VSB Group including a sale of the Germany based renewable energy company, according to a report by Reuters.
Quilvest Capital Partners, a $7bn global alternatives investment manager, has invested in Acuiti Labs, a consultancy specialising in optimisation of the quote-to-cash process.
Renewable energy producer Encavis, which runs wind and solar parks across Europe, is in discussions to be acquired by global buyout firm KKR & Co in a deal that could value the German company at more than €2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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