Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has hired David Kelnar as a managing director in its Capital Markets Group to spearhead its equity private placement capability in Europe. He is based in the firm’s London office. Based in London, Kelnar will focus on providing equity solutions, including growth capital and structured equity,
Internet and computer software companies drew the largest share of private equity capital into India in Q1– but its share fell from 75% to 58% year-on-year as overall PE investments slumped, according to data published by Refinitiv. Private equity inflows plunged 75.4% to $2.2 billion in the first quarter, making
The Carlyle Group has dropped its long-planned investment in healthcare analytics company Cotiviti, despite having lined up $5.5 billion in debt and a $1 billion preferred stock investment for the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times. Carlyle had reportedly sought to lower its purchase price late in
The first quarter of 2023 marked an unprecedented fifth consecutive quarter of pull-backs in private equity investment, according to a report by Bloomberg. M&A deals slumped to $559 billion across 12,200 deals during Q1 this year – the third-lowest M&A deal volume in a single quarter this decade. Almost $182
CVC Credit is supporting KKR’s acquisition of French insurance broker-distributor April Group with the commitment of senior credit facilities. CVC’s Private Equity business, through CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, acquired April – which is France’s second largest insurance broker-distributor with €1.5bn premiums in 2022 – in June 2019 from its
Global financial technology firm Arcesium has launched Aquata, an out-of-the-box data platform, aimed at helping hedge funds, private markets investors, institutional asset managers, custodians, administrators, and prime brokers to better access and manage their investment data.
Burges Salmon has appointed Andrew Mills as a partner in its Corporate and M&A team. Mills, a private equity, infrastructure and corporate transaction specialist, joins from MJ Hudson, where he was a partner and head of its M&A team. Mills focuses on providing advice on private equity, infrastructure and general corporate
Sidley has appointed Chad Ehrenkranz as a partner in its Healthcare practice in New York and Miami, where he will focus on private equity transactions. Ehrenkranz joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s healthcare transactional practice, where he specialised in regulatory and enforcement matters on behalf of private equity sponsors and
TOP STORY: Energy-focused private equity buyout firm NGP Energy Capital Management is considering the potential sale of two Permian basin-focused oil producers, which could realise combined proceeds in excess of $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
Private-equity major KKR is closing in on a deal to acquire a significant stake in FGS Global that will value the financial communications company, which is backed by UK advertising group WPP, at about $1.4 billion, according to a report by The Financial Times. Unnamed FT sources have revealed the
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