Eaton Partners, a placement agents and advisory firm for private fund sponsors, has formed a distinct team that will work with and raise capital for unique private credit strategies globally. Targeted strategies include asset-backed and direct corporate lending, distressed debt, real estate credit, and other specialty credit. The team
PIMCO has formed a joint venture with Solar Capital Partners as the firm continues to develop and expand its private credit platform. Solar Capital Partners is an investor in private corporate credit with a 10-year track record of making private loans to corporate borrowers. The firm also has a network of
Irish independent investment management service provider Crossroads Capital Management (CCM) has licensed AlphaDesk, the cloud-based software provider to hedge funds and other investment managers. In partnership with AlphaDesk, CCM enables both discretionary and non-discretionary investment managers to access a fully integrated portfolio management and order management system for trading, compliance
Wing Venture Capital has closed Wing Two, its USD250 million second fund. Wing Two has the backing of universities and private foundations. Wing is a venture capital firm devoted to early-stage, long-term company building in business technology. The firm was founded in 2013 by Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner,
StepStone Group has closed the acquisition of Swiss Capital Alternative Investments, a European private debt and hedge fund solutions provider. The transaction was originally announced in May 2016, and has been in the process of receiving regulatory approvals since then. As part of the transaction, StepStone has launched StepStone
Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity (PE) practice with the appointment of Mark Soundy and Sarah Priestley as partners in the firm’s London office. Soundy and Priestley join Goodwin’s 150 private equity lawyers around the globe. “Mark and Sarah are outstanding, highly experienced lawyers who will be
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Fazle Husain as a partner and head of US healthcare. Husain will be based in CVC’s New York office and will join the firm in January. Husain joins CVC from the private equity firm Metalmark Capital where he was head of healthcare investing, having
KKR is to acquire a majority stake in cyber security specialist Optiv Security from a group of private investors, including a private equity fund managed by Blackstone. Blackstone will maintain a minority interest in Optiv along with Optiv management. Other selling shareholders include Investcorp and Sverica. Financial terms of
Kirkland & Ellis has advised CD Capital, a London-based specialist natural resources and mining private equity manager, on the closing of the CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III. The fund was closed with aggregate capital commitments of USD355 million. The fund, which will make investments in global natural resources
Alternative asset manager Atalaya Capital Management has closed its third Asset Income Fund (AIF III) at its USD525 million hard cap, exceeding its USD500 million target. AIF III held its first close in June 2016. AIF III’s investors are primarily public and corporate pension plans, foundations, and endowments. In
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