Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has expanded its ESG capabilities with the addition of Hannah-Polly Williams as a director and the head of ESG in Europe. Williams will work closely with CD&R’s European investment teams and the US and Global ESG team to accelerate initiatives that create value
A&M Capital Europe, a London-based middle-market private equity investment firm with €650 million of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in World of Sweets and Bobby’s, from Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
Blackstone is aiming to raise $10 billion for the first vintage of its new direct lending fund, which launched in the first quarter of the year and will be marketed to both institutional and insurance clients, according to a report by BuyoutsInsider.
JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners has held final close of its inaugural Growth Equity Fund, with over $1 billion in aggregate capital commitments raised from a broad set of institutions, family offices and individual investors across the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as JP Morgan.
US private equity firm Olympus Partners has agreed to acquire a majority ownership stake in International Wire Group Holdings from Atlas Holdings for a purchase price “slightly in excess of” $900 million. Atlas, which acquired IWG in April 201, will continue as an investor in the company. Following the close
Sureserve Group PLC has agreed to a £214.1 million takeover by Cap10 4NetZero Bidco Ltd, a new company indirectly owned by funds managed and/or advised by private-equity firm Cap10 Partners LLP, according to a report by ProActive Investors.
Braemont Capital, a private investment firm that partners with founders, families and ownership-minded management teams, has promoted two members of its investment team – Eliza Calihan, and Max Green – to principal and vice president, respectively.
IDR, a private markets onboarding hub, is strengthening its presence in North America with the appointment of Karina Fochtman as head of channel partnerships, based in the firm’s Chicago office. Fochtman has over a decade of experience in the Alternative Asset Management industry working in senior roles across sales, consulting,
TOP STORY: Abrdn is considering individually offloading a batch of private equity businesses, which collectively hold about $12 billion of investments, after failing to find a single buyer to acquire the entire portfolio, according to a report by Reuters.
O2 Investment Partners, a private equity firm investing in growth-oriented, privately-held businesses in the North American lower middle market, has held the final closing of O2 Investment Partners Fund IV (Fund IV) with $445 million in capital commitments.
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