Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, are to acquire Civica, a global specialist in public sector software solutions, from private markets firm Partners Group.
JPMorgan Private Bank has launched its new Fund Banking Group, a division of the US Private Bank’s business focused on the banking, lending and investing needs of private equity and venture capital funds and their principals.
New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented investment firm with over $45bn in assets under management, is to acquire Broadcast Music, Inc, the music licensing agency that represents hundreds of thousands of songwriters, including Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton, Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga,
Independent corporate advisory firm Continuum Advisory Partners has appointed two new Senior Managing Directors – financial services bankers Duncan Buck from Fenchurch Advisory Partners, and Andrew Gould from Deloitte.
Avenue Capital Group, a global investment firm focused primarily on opportunistic credit and other special situations investments across the US, Europe and Asis, is planning to a launch a new fund to make environmental impact private credit investments, according to a report by Reuters.
A private equity-consortium led by Permira and Blackstone, has secured a record €4.5bn from private credit funds to help fund the acquisition of Adevinta in a deal that values the European classified ads company at around €14bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Pathlight Capital, a $2.7bn private credit firm that provides asset-based loans secured on a first or second lien basis against tangible and intangible assets, has appointed Laura Hegarty as Managing Director, Investor Relations.
Citigroup is the latest bank targeting a slice of the booming $1.6tn private credit market with plans to launch a new direct-lending strategy in the first few weeks of next year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Scott Shleifer, the head of the $30bn-plus private equity business at Chase Coleman’s $58bn hedge fund firm Tiger Global, is to step down from his role at the end of this year, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Waterland Private Equity is selling its majority stake in Netrics, a Swiss workplace and cloud service provider, to Bregal Unternehmerkapital. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close by year-end, have not been disclosed.
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