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Women account for 23% of investment professionals across European private equity and venture capital, but hold just 13% of senior investment roles, according to Level 20’s 2026 European Gender Diversity Report.
Private equity firm Uplift Investors has expanded its investment strategy in the legal sector through a new management services organisation partnership with Arkansas-based personal injury firm Rainwater, Holt & Sexton.
PE firm CVC Capital Partners and Japanese investment firm Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko (NSSK) are considering a bid of more than JPY500bn ($3.2bn) to take Japanese healthcare products company Kobayashi Pharmaceutical private, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Renewable fuels producer EcoCeres is targeting a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise around $1bn, with private equity investor Bain Capital expected to sell part of its stake, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the plans.
Aegon Asset Management has launched an evergreen private credit fund that uses insurance policies from highly rated insurers to provide additional protection against borrower defaults, targeting institutional investors in the UK and Europe, according to a report by CityWire.
The NFL has no immediate plans to increase its 10% cap on team ownership stakes for private equity firms, despite recent moves by Major League Baseball and the NBA to loosen their respective restrictions, according to a report by Front Office Sports.
Withdrawal requests from Ares Management’s flagship private credit fund fell in the third quarter, providing another indication that redemption pressure across the private credit market may be beginning to moderate, according to a sport by Reuters.
European growth investor Jolt Capital has appointed Marine Moreux as the firm’s new Director of Human Resources, a new position created as part of an ongoing initiative to support the firm’s future development and growth.
TOP STORY: Blackstone has launched its first multi-asset private markets fund aimed at individual investors outside the US, expanding the alternative asset manager’s efforts to bring private-market strategies to the global wealth market, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hellman & Friedman is considering a sale of insurance software provider Applied Systems in a transaction that could value the business at as much as $10bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
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