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Apax completes acquisition of trend forecaster WGSN

Funds advised by global private equity advisory business Apax Partners have completed the previously announced acquisition of WGSN, Ascential’s subsidiary data business unit focused on consumer trend forecasting.

West Monroe appoints new Global M&A Leader

West Monroe, an adviser to private equity firms and strategic buyers on their M&A transactions and execution of value creation strategies, has promoted Keith Campbell as its new Global Mergers & Acquisitions Leader.

PGA Tour closes $3bn deal with Strategic Sports Group

The PGA Tour has closed its $3bn investment deal with Strategic Sports Group, a group of US-based sports team owners which is led by Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group and includes Steve Cohen, Owner of the New York Mets, Arthur Blank, Owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Marc Lasry, former

Littlejohn sells water works supplier to Core & Main 

Littlejohn & Co, a Connecticut-based investment firm specialising in private equity and debt investments in middle market companies with $8bn in AUM, has entered into an agreement to sell Dana Kepner Company, a Colorado-based supplier of water works material and services, to Core & Main, a specialised distributor of water,

McWin takes majority share in Sticks’n’Sushi

Sticks’n’Sushi, the Copenhagen-based restaurant and takeaway group operating 27 sites across the UK, Denmark and Germany, has been acquired by McWin Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm with Gail’s, Vapiano and L’Osteria on its portfolio.

M&G appoints CIO of £74bn private markets business

Global investment manager M&G Investments has appointed Emmanuel Deblanc as Chief Investment Officer of the company’s £74bn private markets business, which invests across private credit, structured credit, impact and private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

BNP Paribas planning new €1bn private credit fund

The asset management arm of French multinational bank BNP Paribas is targeting a €1bn ($1.1bn) fundraise for a new direct-lending fund that will focus on medium-sized businesses, and will differ from the bank’s other private credit facilities by offering unitranche loans, according to a report from Bloomberg.

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