Private equity firms Vista Equity Partners and Harvest Partners are exploring a potential sale of Granicus, a government-services software provider, in a deal that could value the company at approximately $4bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.

Bain Capital and CC Capital have been granted access to Insignia Financial’s books after both private equity firms raised their takeover bids for the Australian wealth management business to AUD3.34bn ($2.11bn), according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity giant Bain Capital has plans to take Seven & i Holdings’ supermarket business public in approximately three years, following efforts to enhance synergies within the group, a Bain executive has confirmed, according to a report by Reuters.

Blackstone has received the green light from Northumberland County Council to proceed with its $13bn hyperscale data centre project in North East England. As it looks to capitalise on surging demand for data storage and cloud computing infrastructure, according to a report by Reuters.

Advent International is in talks to secure a $300m equivalent leveraged buyout loan to support its acquisition of Ginko International’s mainland China operations, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Carlyle Group is aiming to accelerate the pace of initial public offerings and asset sales in 2025, targeting $4bn to $5bn in exits from its private equity portfolio, in line with last year’s divestments, according to a report by Reuters.