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Private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to acquire a portfolio of mainstream vitamins, minerals and supplements brands from Swiss consumer good giant Nestle, according to a report by Reuters.
US private equity firm Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire UK-listed engineering specialist Bodycote for approximately £1.65bn, after increasing its offer to move ahead of rival bidder CVC Advisers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal that could significantly widen retail investors’ access to private markets while allowing investment advisers to charge performance-based fees to a broader range of clients, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Fortress Investment Group is strengthening its private wealth operation outside the US with the appointment of regional heads for Europe and Japan, as the alternative investment manager steps up efforts to attract wealthy investors in international markets, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Flexstone Partners, the private markets investment manager and affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed its acquisition of Boston-based private equity secondaries specialist Glouston Capital Partners.
UK private equity firm Epiris has agreed to acquire telecommunications company Gamma Communications in a transaction valuing the business at approximately £1.08bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Women received just £366m, or 6.8%, of the £5.4bn in carried interest and other profit-share awards paid to senior executives at private equity and hedge fund firms last year, according to analysis of HMRC data by business advisers and chartered accountants Lubbock Fine.
Italy’s Lottomatica is set to absorb Spanish gaming and betting operator Cirsa in an all-share merger that will see Blackstone roll its existing investment in Cirsa into the enlarged group, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity firm American Industrial Partners is considering a fundraising target of around $8bn for its next buyout fund, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Brookfield Asset Management is looking to extract a $600m dividend from HomeServe through a proposed $1.8bn whole-business securitisation, as the private markets investor explores another way to generate liquidity from its portfolio, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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