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Stone Point to buy 20% stake in US insurance broker

Finastra, a London-based fintech owned by technology focused private investment firm Vista Equity Partners, is exploring a possible sale of its banking unit in a deal that could be worth as much as $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters.

TPG in talks for Malaysian education group

TPG is at an advanced stage of negations on a deal to acquire Asia Pacific Education Holdings, a provider of tertiary education in Malaysia, from buyout firm KV Asia Capital in a deal that could be worth more than $300 million, according to a report by Reuters.

BlackRock sweeps up waste management firm

BlackRock has acquired a majority stake in Environmental 360 Solutions, a waste management services company in Canada, for an undisclosed sum, via its BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV fund, from Almada, OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Oaktree Capital Management.

Fundraising

Northleaf raises $1.3bn for third secondaries fund

Global private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners, has held the final close of its third flagship secondaries fund, Northleaf Secondary Partners III, with $1.3 billion of committed capital. 

FTX law-suit targets VC and PE firms

A class-action law-suit filed on behalf of investors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has accused a number of venture capital and private equity firms, including Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm, of hyping the “legitimacy” of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Hamilton Lane opens Shanghai office

Private markets investment major Hamilton Lane has opened a new office in Shanghai, China, its sixth location in the Asia-Pacific region, adding to the firm’s existing offices in Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Hamilton Lane managing director and co-head of Asia investments, Mingchen Xia, will lead the Shanghai

Rainier Partners closes inaugural fund at $300m hard cap

Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has completed fundraising for its debut fund, Rainier Partners Fund I, at its hard cap of $300 million, in excess of its $250 million target.  The fund’s limited partners include foundations, global asset managers, insurance companies, pension plans,

Slowdown

TPG’s Q4 earnings down 26% on lower asset sales

TPG Inc has become the latest private equity firm to report a decline in fourth quarter income on the back of a fall in corporate valuations which is having a negative impact on asset sales, according to a report by Reuters.

SFI makes Tikehau investment

SFI, a subsidiary of Patrinvest, is to make an equity investment of €400 million in Tikehau Capital SCA, a global alternative asset management group with €38.8 billion of assets under management, majority owned by Tickehau Capital Advisors. 

Investcorp acquires cloud specialist

Global technology investor Investcorp Technology Partners, is to acquire a majority stake in NetRom Software (NetRom), a cloud-first, digital transformation and software engineering firm from the company’s founders, management team and previous investor IceLake Capital, who will all maintain a stake in the business.

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