UK M&A activity is set to improve over the next 12 months, according to 78% of the dealmakers who took part in CIL’s Investment 360 Index survey- with 85% saying that current deal activity is low, compared to 35% at the same time last year.
Hamilton Lane’s Private Assets Fund which provides a diversified private equity portfolio to qualified US clients, including individual investors, their wealth advisors and institutions, has returned 17.48% and reached $1bn in AUM since its inception three years ago.
IQ-EQ, a global investor services group has appointed Brian McArthur-Muscroft as its new Group Chief Financial Officer. He will be responsible for the financial management of IQ-EQ and will contribute to strategic decision-making.
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has acquired Avenu Insights & Analytics, a provider of integrated administrative, revenue enhancement and payment software and solutions to state and local governments, from Mill Point Capital.
Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses is to invest in TRG Screen, a provider of enterprise subscription spend and usage management software.
Global private equity investor Advent International, and global growth investor Warburg Pincus, have completed their previously announced $4.25bn all-cash acquisition of Baxter International Inc’s BioPharma Solutions business.
Blue Earth Capital, a specialist global impact investor, has closed its dedicated credit impact fund, BlueEarth Credit Strategies II, above target with $108.5m of capital commitments, bringing the firm’s total AUM to over $1bn.
Food and beverage (F&B) sector M&A activity saw an uptick in both the volume and value of deals during the second third (T2) of the year with the number of deals increasing by 68.2% over the same period last year, and deal value going up 49.1% to £400m.
Kelso & Company, a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final close of Kelso Investment Associates XI and affiliated funds with aggregate capital commitments of $3.25bn, in excess of its original target
Kroll, an independent provider of global risk and financial advisory solutions, has appointed Alan Booth as Managing Director and Head of the firm’s Agency and Trustee Services practice, which provides flexible, efficient services to the global loan and bond markets.
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