Deals
Goldman Sachs’ private equity investment firm, Petershill Partners, has sold an 18% stake in hedge fund LMR Partners for up to $258m in a move aimed at addressing investor concerns about the accuracy of the firm’s asset valuations, according to a report by The Times.
Turnspire Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Pharmachem Innovations, the former nutraceuticals business of Ashland Inc. Turnspire Operating Partner Maurice Murphy has been appointed Executive Chairman, and Jeff Rogers as Interim CEO.
AE Industrial, a private equity firm specialising in national security, aerospace, and industrial services has sold Altus Fire & Life Safety, a provider of regulation-mandated fire and life safety services for the Northeast USA to Apax Partners.
YFM Equity Partners has backed the management buyout of Stacatruc – a forklift truck specialist with a 40-year pedigree – from private equity investor Merino Capital, which acquired the business in 2021.
Global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has competed the sale of its stake in Preligens, a specialist leader in artificial intelligence for aerospace and defencem to Safran for an enterprise value of €220m.
Blackstone, in conjunction with CPP Investment, has agreed a deal to acquire Asia-Pacific data centre platform AirTrunk from Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, in a deal worth over AUD24bn ($13.5bn).
Private equity firms HIG and CapVest have joined the competition to acquire AAH Pharmaceuticals, the UK’s largest pharmacy wholesaler, which has been put up for sale just three years after being acquired by German PE firm Aurelius, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pennsylvania-based lower middle market-focused private equity firm NewSpring has invested in US hotel renovation business Salisbury Moore via its private credit strategy, NewSpring Mezzanine.
International private equity firm Cinven has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Finaxy group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker, from $168bn global private investment house Ardian.
Private equity giant Blackstone has acquired an 80% stake in a European warehouse portfolio managed by Burstone, marking the latest move by the US investment manager into the booming warehouse sector fuelled by the rise of e-commerce, according to a report by Reuters.
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