London, Amsterdam, and Paris-based private equity firm Freshstream Investment Partners LLP has promoted Tom Carroll and Gilles Gradassi to Partner, while also expanding its team with three new hires across its Value Creation, Investment, and Investor Relations teams.
Mid-market, growth-focused private equity firm ECI Partners has appointed David Danon as a partner in its investment team. Danon joins from Bain Capital, where he spent nearly 20 years as a partner in the private equity team.
HighVista Strategies has appointed Raudel Yanez as managing director and head of private equity secondaries, as the firm looks to build out a GP-led secondaries strategy focused on the lower mid-market, according to a report by CityBiz.
Behrman Capital a private equity firm focused on MBOs, leveraged buildups and recapitalisations of established growth businesses, has named Eric Smith as an operating partner, bringing his extensive operational and portfolio management experience to the firm.
Blackstone’s BCRED fund, the alternative asset manager’s flagship private credit vehicle, recorded a 0.4% loss in February, marking its first monthly decline since September 2022, according to a report by Reuters citing information on the fund’s website.
Global buyout firms including Blackstone, Bain Capital and Brookfield Asset Management are increasingly shifting capital away from software and toward industrial and asset-heavy sectors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced that Ramona Nee – co-head of Weil’s US private equity practice – will succeed Barry Wolf as executive partner in January 2027, marking a planned leadership transition at the firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Partners Group is preparing to launch its first India-focused buyout fund, with a target of at least $1bn, amid growing investor appetite for investments in the country, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the situation.
Apollo Global Management has appointed its first dedicated team member for a new $1bn private credit fund targeting high-growth companies in Singapore, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
3M has partnered with Bain Capital to acquire Madison Fire & Rescue for $1.95bn. As part of the transaction, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety breathing apparatus division to a newly formed fire and safety platform and receive $700m in cash upon completion, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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