Carlyle Group’s proposed Cotiviti Inc deal, has attracted offers of support from Apollo Global Management, HPS Investment Partners and Blackstone to provide a $5.5 billion loan – the largest buyout financing ever arranged by private credit firms – to help finance the acquisition of the healthcare technology firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.

International Mexican restaurant group Zambrero has secured an investment from pan-European private capital manager Metric Capital Partners, with the firm taking a minority stake in the business alongside one other investor for a cumulative investment of approximately £143 million.  The transaction represents the first ever external capital taken by Zambrero. Founded in 2005, Zambrero has more than 245 quick-service restaurants across the globe and is now the largest Mexican restaurant group in Australia and the eighth largest in the world. Zambrero has opened five restaurants to date in the UK off the back of its rollout in Ireland.    Zambrero

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. The report cites several unnamed sources as confirming that Finastra is working with a financial adviser as it examines options for the business which provides universal banking software allowing banks and credit unions to run core processes. According to the report, the business currently generates about $1.7 billion in revenue and roughly $500 million of earnings before interest, tax,

BMC Software, a specialist in tech support software backed by private investment major KKR, has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, according to a report by Bloomberg, with the company expected to be values at between $14 billion and $15 billion.

PCF Insurance Services, a top 20 US insurance brokerage firm, has secured a $500 million preferred equity investment in a transaction co-led by Carlyle’s Global Credit platform and private equity firm HGGC, an existing minority investor, which values the business at $4.7 billion. 

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 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 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.

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.