Capstone, a global placement agent focused on fundraising and advisory services for private equity, credit, real assets, and infrastructure investment firms, has made a number of promotions, including two new partner appointments – Caroline Philips and Brian DeFee.
A hunt for higher returns has prompted CalPERS, the biggest public pension scheme in the US with $442 billion in assets, to make a multibillion-dollar push into international venture capital following what it has dubbed a “lost decade” of returns, according to a report by The Financial Times.
Permira Credit, a specialist European credit investor, has completed fundraising for its fifth direct lending fund, Permira Credit Solutions Fund V (PCS5). Including associated vehicles and leverage, total investable capital for the strategy is €4.2 billion.
Funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have acquired a majority stake in New Tradition Media, an ‘out-of-home media operator’ of digital and static signage for national brands and advertising agencies across the US.
EQT Mid Market Europe and EQT Mid Market Asia III funds, together with co-shareholders, have agreed to sell BBS Automation (BBS), a specialist in factory automation solutions to MDAX-listed Dürr Group.
Global private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is investing in cleversoft Group, a pan-European provider of regulatory software solutions to the financial services industry in partnership with founder Florian Clever and the firm’s management team.
Grovecourt Capital Partners, a Florida-based private equity firm, has acquired Premier Radiology Services (Premier), a provider of teleradiology services based in Miami. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has made a full exit from its investment in Direct Ferries. Livingbrdge first invested in the online ferry ticketing business in 2016 via its 2012 vintage Livingbridge 5 fund.
Columna Capital, a pan-European private equity investor in the lower mid-market sector in Continental Europe, has made a series of promotions and a new appointment across its investment and business teams in London.
Nasdaq, a technology company serving the global financial system, is to acquire Adenza, a provider of risk management and regulatory software to the financial services industry, from software investment firm Thoma Bravo for $10.5 billion in cash and shares of common stock.
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