US private equity firm Carlyle’s Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund will acquire an 82.5% stake in London Southend Airport, a subsidiary of aviation group Esken, formerly Stobart Group, in an agreement to settle £193.75m in debt, with London-based private equity firm Cyrus Capital Partners providing liquidity to Esken.
CVC Capital Partners, Europe’s biggest buyout firm with around €188bn in AUM, is reviving its plans for a $15bn-plus Amsterdam stock market listing that could happen as soon as next month, according to a report by Sky News citing unnamed sources.
Värde Partners, a global credit and credit-related assets investment firm, has promoted both Shannon Gallagher and Anthony Iannazzo to Partners, with the former also serving as Global Head of Business Development and Investor Relations and the latter as Chief Operating Officer.
Alter Domus, a global provider of end-to-end tech-enabled fund administration, private debt, and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has secured a new strategic investment from private equity firm Cinven.
Summa Equity, an impact investor focused on resource efficiency, changing demographics and tech-enabled transformation, has acquired STIM, a supplier of fish health products and services to the aquaculture sector.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has launched its new private markets transaction desk, a concierge service that allows eligible shareholders and investors to buy and sell eligible private company shares in the secondary market.
JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, aerospace and defence, and business services sectors, has promoted Vikas Mouli and James Shillito to Managing Director.
BlueEarth Capital, a global impact investment firm with $1.2bn in AUM that was recently spun out of Partners Group, has appointed Steven Novick as a Senior Advisor within its investor relations team.
European mid-market private equity firm IK Partners’s IK Small Cap III Fund is to acquire UK passive fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire from Leeds-based private equity firm YFM Equity Partners in the first investment from the fund’s dedicated pool of development capital.
Global growth investor General Atlantic has made a majority investment in Plusgrade, a provider of ancillary revenue solutions for the global travel industry, in a deal that sees Novacap fully exit its stake while another existing investor, CDPQ, remains a significant shareholder.
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