Deals
Private equity firm Clearlake Capital, the co-owner of Chelsea Football Club, has finalised a deal to acquire a credit investment unit from Natixis, marking its entry into the booming $1.7tn private credit sector, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Fund IV has agreed to sell its majority stake in maritime sector software provider Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) to Lloyd’s Register, a global professional services group specialising in marine engineering and technology.
Gulf Capital, one of the largest private equity firms investing from the GCC to the rest of Asia, has sold its strategic stake in Egypt-listed Middle East Glass (MEG) to the majority shareholder of the business, MENA Glass Holdings Limited.
Blackstone Inc is close to finalising a deal to acquire AirTrunk, an Australian data centre operator, for over AUD20bn ($13.5m) including debt, in what would be one of the largest infrastructure transactions of the year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Platinum Equity has acquired a controlling stake in Inventia Healthcare Limited’s core Oral Solid Dosage business from India Life Sciences Fund III, NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund III, and affiliates of the company’s founding Shah family.
Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK private equity firm specialising in working alongside founder-entrepreneurs, has made a growth investment in UK cybersecurity specialist Cybanetix, marking the fifth investment from the firm’s 2022 Fund.
Miami-based lower middle-market investor ICV Partners has sold its portfolio company and global maritime logistics provider Horizon Air Freight to Connecticut-based private equity firm GHK Capital Partners, having first acquired Horizon in 2019.
Leveraged buyout financings accounted for almost half (42%) of all UK mid-cap debt market transactions in H1 2024, compared with just 29% in H1 2023, according to the latest MidCapMonitor report by global investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
Coller Capital, one of the world’s largest investors dedicated to private market secondaries, and private equity and credit firm Abry Partners, have closed a $1.6bn GP-led transaction to create a continuation vehicle for Abry Advanced Securities Fund III (ASF III).
OpenAI, the company behind the popular AI tool ChatGPT, is in advanced talks to secure several billion dollars in a new funding round led by Thrive Capital with an investment of around $1bn, that could value the startup at over $100bn, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
