Fortino Capital Partners has created a second fund, Fortino Capital II Growth, with EUR200 million dedicated for investments in scale-ups and growth companies in the Benelux. Commitments worth EUR125 million have already been secured with the first closing having taken place. The new growth fund accompanies the original EUR80 million
ICG, the specialist asset manager with EUR27.2 billion of assets under management, announced earlier this month that it had raised EUR5.2 billion of dry powder to deploy in the third vintage of its Senior Debt Partners strategy. The capital raised for Senior Debt Partners III (SDP3) makes it the largest
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Health Care Strategic Growth Fund (HCSG), a USD1.45 billion fund dedicated to health care growth equity investment opportunities in the Americas. KKR will be investing more than USD265 million of capital in the Fund alongside external investors through KKR’s balance sheet and
Euronext has expanded its ‘Federal model’ with the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares and voting rights of The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) for EUR137 million. The acquisition is in line with Euronext’s long term strategy, and sees Ireland become its sixth core European country. Euronext intends to
Ardian, an independent private investment company, has entered into exclusivity with some family shareholders and Tikehau Capital to acquire a controlling stake into Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques (DRT). The proposed transaction values DRT at approximately EUR1 billion and is fully supported by DRT’s management team which will remain in
Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on financial services investing, has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund, Lightyear Fund IV, with more than USD950 million in capital commitments, with an additional USD75 million raised in a related co-investment vehicle. Fund IV received commitments from US
Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi Government owned company, has acquired Verno Capital’s private equity advisory unit to strengthen its internal investment and asset management capability across Russia and the CIS region. The transaction sees a number of Verno employees transfer to Mubadala, who will now have a complete focus
Praesidian Capital, a provider of senior and subordinated capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has led a USD12.0 million mezzanine debt investment and a USD0.3 million equity co-investment to support the acquisition of Remedy Health Media (Remedy) by Topspin Partners (Topspin). Headquartered in New York, NY, Remedy is a leading
RPC and The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) have launched a new guide on private equity fund restructurings to bring clarity to this complex area. RPC has produced the guide for fund sponsors, investors and investment professionals, going through potential scenarios that could require a private equity
Sidley Austin has appointed Alexander Temel and William Schwab as partners in the firm’s Boston office. They are members of Sidley’s global Private Equity practice. Both were formerly with Latham & Watkins. “We are excited to have attracted top talent like Alex and Bill as we continue to expand our
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