Disagreements over valuations have been a barrier for buyout firms attempting to exit their portfolio companies, according to a report by Bloomberg, which cites an Ares Management executive speaking at this year’s IPEM in Cannes.
Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, has reported a 4% increase in distributable earnings for the final quarter of last year on the back of an increase in assets sales across real estate credit and hedge funds, according to a report by Reuters.
Spain’s largest private equity firm, Asterion Industrial Partners, is looking to raise more than €2bn ($2.2bn) from investors for a new fund that will focus on European infrastructure investments, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Golding Capital Partners has held the first closing of its flagship infrastructure fund of funds, Golding Infrastructure 2022 – the fifth generation of the firm’s infrastructure strategy – with €360m in capital commitments.
Capitalmind Investec, a European M&A advisory firm whose majority shareholder is Investec as of June 2023, has appointed Sture Stölen and Lars Carlson as Partners as part of a strategy to “broaden its European footprint”.
Bridgepoint’s Bridgepoint Development Capital IV, a fund focused on investing in mid-market growth businesses, has made a strategic investment in next generation cloud and digital transformation services provider, Kerv Group.
New Heritage Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on mid-market, founder-owned businesses, has exited its investment in Revela Foods, a developer and manufacturer of dairy-flavoured ingredients and solutions, to ADM, a global human and pet nutrition company.
BGO, a Miami-based real estate investment management advisor, real estate lending advisor and provider of real estate services, has closed its third Europe Secured Lending Fund with a total of €1.38bn in commitments, surpassing its €1.35bn target.
GTCR, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has hired Silver Point Capital’s Jason Prager to support the creation of a new capital solutions business, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
Suave Brands Company, a portfolio company of Boston-based private equity investment firm Yellow Wood Partners, is to acquire the ChapStick brand from global consumer health firm Haleon, in a deal valued at around $510m.
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