Switzerland’s public sector pension fund Publica is preparing to allocate up to $1.1bn into private credit, signalling continued institutional demand for higher-yielding alternatives to traditional fixed income, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Ares Management Corp has named E G Morse as partner and head of Asia credit, as the firm continues to build out its regional leadership across private credit strategies. Based in Hong Kong, Morse succeeds Edwin Wong (pictured), who is set to retire at the end of June.
EQT has fully exited its investment in Galderma Group AG through the sale of approximately 34 million shares in a transaction worth around CHF4.9bn ($5.5bn), marking what the firm described as the largest sponsor-backed block trade on record.
The Carlyle Group has raised $20bn to deploy into the booming private equity secondaries market, as investors look to offload holdings built up during a slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, according to a report by Reuters.
Stone-Goff Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on technology-driven business-to-business services companies active in the knowledge economy, has appointed John Deignan as Chief Executive Officer of SGP portfolio company FS Vector, a strategic consulting and reg-tech platform for clients in the innovative financial services ecosystem.
Electrical Components International, one of the world’s leading suppliers of electrical distribution systems, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Cerberus, is looking to the private debt markets for a $1.1bn loan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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