Blue Owl Capital has responded to the challenges of the current fundraising environment by offering a special deal to investors who make an early commitment to its sixth fund aimed at investing in private equity firms, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Captrust Financial Advisors has secured a minority growth investment from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle. Neither existing investor private equity firm GTCR nor any of Captrust’s executive leadership teams will be selling secondary shares as part of the transaction.
The majority (95%) of UK dealmakers expect inflation to hit the 2% target set by the Bank of England, with an optimistic minority expecting it to happen within the next year and a more realistic majority predicting a two-year timescale, according to CIL’s Investment 360 Index.
ECI Partners, a UK-based growth-focused, mid-market private equity firm, has held the final closing of its twelfth buyout fund, ECI 12 at its hard cap of £1bn, in excess of the fund’s original target of £900m.
BrightSpring Health Services Inc, a community-based healthcare services provider backed by global private investment firm KKR & Co, is moving ahead with plans to raise $1bn from a stock market listing, having shelved its initial IPO last year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit lender Blue Owl Capital is planning to expand its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi staffed by a team focused on capital raising, according to a report by Bloomberg.
O’Brien-Staley Partners (OSP) has held the final close of OSP Value Fund IV, having secured over $600m in fresh capital commitments, with significant support from existing LPs and bringing the firm’s inception-to-date total fundraising to $2.3bn.
Gulf Capital has exited its investment in Metito Holdings after 17-years through the sale of a majority stake in the sustainable water solutions specialist held by a consortium of investors to Alpha Dhabi Holding, one of the UAE’s fastest-growing investment holding companies.
OceanSound Partners, a private equity firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled services companies serving government and enterprise end markets, has added seven professionals to its team to support portfolio companies and investment activity.
Astanor Ventures, a private investment firm focused on agrifood tech impact investing, has closed its second venture fund with €360m in capital commitments, brining total firm-wide assets under management to around €800m.
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