Harvey Schwartz, CEO of The Carlyle Group, the world’s fifth largest private equity firm, and former President and Co-COO at Goldman Sachs, has set new targets for the private equity firm’s growth and profitability, after a period of high interest rates and senior management issues, according to a report by
Fund administration provider Suntera Global has appointed James Harries as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions as part of its global growth strategy. In his new London-based role, Harries will be responsible for driving the firm’s M&A activity.
The Riverside Company, a global private equity investment firm focused on the lower end of middle-market companies, has closed its Riverside Acceleration Capital Opportunity Fund II, raising $235m in capital commitments and subsequently increasing its growth equity investment capacity by more than four times.
The $1.3bn strategic capital arm of $50bn global alternative manager Investcorp has taken a minority stake in $7.3bn private equity manager Banner Ridge Partners and is now a passive, non-voting partner in the business.
Charlesbank Capital Partners, a US private equity firm focused on management-led buyouts, growth capital financings and credit and technology investments, has acquired independent financial advisor Perspective Financial Group from London-based private equity firm CBPE Capital, which first invested in Perspective in 2019.
Middle-market private equity firm Gryphon Investors has agreed to sell HEPACO, a provider of emergency response and scheduled environmental services, to Clean Harbors, a provider of environmental and industrial services, in a transaction valued at $400m.
Clearlake Capital and Insight Partners are close to agreeing a $2bn debt package with a group of private credit lenders including Apollo Global Management and Blackstone to help finance their leveraged buyout of software developer Alteryx, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Alternative investment giant Blackstone has opened its retail private credit fund ECRED to retail investors in France as part of an exclusive partnership with BNP Paribas’ wealth management and Cardif companies.
Coalesce Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in human capital-driven and technology-enabled services companies, has closed its inaugural fund, Coalesce Capital Fund I, and parallel vehicles, with $900m in total capital commitments.
Independent infrastructure investment manager Ancala has held the final close of its third flagship co-mingled fund with €1.4bn in capital commitments, surpassing its original €1.2bn target and marking the firm’s largest single fundraise to date.
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