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Pollen Street and CDPQ provide £100m credit facility for electric car club

Electric car subscription service Onto has raised a new credit funding line of £100 million from global investment group CDPQ and independent asset manager Pollen Street. The asset-backed facility will enable Onto to continue expanding its UK fleet with the latest electric car models.  This new facility builds on the

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Apollo mulls bid for LatAm telecoms company

Apollo Global Management is weighing up a bid for Millicom International Cellular and has entered into negotiations with the Latin American telecoms company about a takeover that could value the business at around $10 billion, including debt, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis strikes Bieber deal

Hipgnoisis Song Management, a Blackstone-backed, UK investment firm focussed on music catalogues and royalties, has acquired the rights to Justice Bieber’s publishing and recorded music back-catalogue in a deal valued at around $200 million, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The deal covers more than 290 titles

JC Flowers appoints head of BD and IR

JC Flowers & Co, a private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry, has appointed Dan Meade as managing director and head of business development and investor relations.

Kramer Levin adds partner in funds formation practice

Robert Bendiner Weiss has joined Kramer Levin as a partner in the firm’s New York office. He will practice in the Investment Management group, broadening its private fund formation practice. Weiss focuses on private fund formation and advises clients on private equity, credit, ESG and venture fund structures as well

Jensen Partners opens New Miami office

Jensen Partners, an executive search form focussed on the alternative investment management industry has opened a new office location in Miami, Florida, as part of its wider commitment to expand client relationships and access to talent pools in growing financial hubs around the world.  The office at 1200 Brickell Avenue,

Lazard appoints BlackRock veteran as head of North American distribution

Lazard Asset Management has appointed Jennifer Ryan as Managing Director and Head of North American Distribution, effective immediately. Based in New York, Ryan joins from BlackRock where she held leadership roles in both the firm’s US and UK Institutional Client Businesses. 

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EnCap to sell Texas oil and gas producer

Energy focussed private equity firm EnCap Investments has agreed to sell Advance Energy Partners Holdings, a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer, to Matador Resources in a deal worth $1.6 billion, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Bain to acquire stake in $4bn Indian REIT from Blackstone

Private equity firm Bain Capital is in talks with Blackstone to acquire around 50% of its stake in Embassy Office Parks, India’s largest real estate investment trust (REIT), in a deal worth up to $480 million, according to a report by Reuters.

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