Manulife Investment Management, the global wealth and asset management operation of Canada’s Manulife Financial Corporation, is to boost its footprint in the private credit space with the acquisition of London-based, multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS.
Private equity firm Arctos Partners has acquired a minority stake in AMR Holdings GP Ltd, the owner of the Aston Martin F1 team, in a deal that values the business at $1bn, according to a report by The Financial Times.
BlackRock has held the first close of its Evergreen Infrastructure Fund with client commitments of over $1bn from European founding partners. The fund has already begun to commit capital, including to the acquisition of a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform.
Middle-market private equity firm Gemspring Capital has acquired Fenceworks, a fencing installer and distributor serving the some of the largest homebuilders in the US, as well as general contractors and local fencing providers.
L Squared Capital Partners has held the final closing for its fourth private equity fund with $840m of capital commitments, taking the total raised by the firm from investors since its launch in July 2014, to over $2bn.
TOP STORY: Blackstone is in the final stages of borrowing around $400m through collateralised loan obligations to boost the lending power of its $52bn flagship private credit fund, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Gilde Healthcare has held the final close of its Gilde Healthcare Venture&Growth VI fund with €740m in total capital commitments. Fund VI reached its hard cap following a first close at €600m in April this year.
Private investment firm Ardian is to sell its stake in imes-icore Holding, a provider of milling and grinding machines for the automated production of dental prosthetics, to EMZ Partners, a European PE firm focused on small- to medium-sized businesses.
Granite Creek Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, has acquired NYP Corp, a New Jersey-based value-added packaging manufacturer and distributor focused on the wholesale nursery, agricultural, and industrial markets.
Jolt Capital, an independent private equity firm specialising in growth investments in European deeptech companies, is to make a €24m investment in BioSerenity, a specialist in connected medical devices and innovative medical services in electrophysiology.
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