Blackstone has promoted Kenneth Caplan, the company’s current Global Co-Head of real estate, and Lionel Assant, European Head of private equity, to the newly created roles of Global Co-Chief Investment Officers.
Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in KeTech Defence, part of KeTech Group, to safety and security company Wescom Group, generating a 2.8x return for YFM’s investors in the process.
IK Partners, a European PE firm focused on investments in the Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics and the UK has promoted Carl Jakobsson and Frederik Jacobs to partner in the firm’s mid-cap investment teams in the Nordics and the Benelux respectively.
Arcano Partners has launched its fifth private equity secondary fund, ASF V, with a fundraising target of €500m, to provide liquidity and capital solutions to both LPs and GPs through transactions in the secondary market.
Senior executives from some of the world’s largest private equity firms have joined the speaker line-up for Private Equity Wire’s third annual European Leadership Summit.
Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in mid-market European companies in the services and healthcare sectors with an enterprise value of between €150m and €1bn, has invested in sports marketing company Two Circles.
Aquiline Capital Partners, a $10bn private investment firm focused on financial services and related technologies, has made a “significant” investment in LeaseCrunch, a provider of accounting and lease management software.
Global alternative investment manager Ares Management is set to hold a final close on what would be the largest ever direct lending fund raised to date, with over €20bn ($21.9bn) in capital commitments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Lexington Partners, a manager of secondary acquisition funds, has held the final close of Lexington Capital Partners X with $22.7bn of capital commitments, in excess of its original $15bn target.
Azalea Investment Management has held the first closings of the Altrium Co-Invest Fund I and Altrium Growth Fund I with a combined $356m in capital commitments from institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals.
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