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Cross-border private credit transactions are poised for strong growth, yet operational complexity is emerging as a critical hurdle, according to business administration and compliance solutions provider CSC’s ‘Private Credit 2025: Global Strategies for a $1.5 Trillion Market’ report.
Close to a third of 87 of UBS’s billionaire clients surveyed by the firm are preparing to reduce their exposure over the next 12 months to private equity funds as higher interest rates and slower exits continue to put pressure on the asset class, according to the a report by Bloomberg citing the bank’s Billionaire Ambitions Report 2025.
Private credit funds led by Blackstone are providing more than $2bn in financing to support a refinancing at legal and compliance software provider Mitratech, according to a report by Bloomberg citing sources familiar with the matter. Antares Capital is also contributing to the transaction, which is said to be priced at around 4.75 percentage points over the US benchmark rate.
US private equity firms are set to post a second year of recovery in exit activity, with total realised value in 2025 already surpassing last year, according to a report by Reuters citing new data from PitchBook. Buyout firms completed roughly 1,300 exits through October, generating an estimated $621.7bn, compared with 1,369 exits worth $379.6bn across the whole of 2024.
KKR has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi as the private equity giant accelerates its investment push across the Middle East, signalling growing long-term ambition in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move marks the firm’s third Middle East base after Dubai and Riyadh.
The Bank of England has launched a system-wide stress test examining how the global private equity and private credit sectors would respond to a major financial shock, amid growing regulatory focus on private markets, according to a report by Reuters.
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager focusing on pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Partner Remi Louvel as head of corporate development. In this newly created role, Louvel becomes part of Keensight’s Management Committee.
Expedition Growth Capital, a software-specialist growth equity firm, has raised its third fund of $375m, continuing its focus on partnering with growing companies from across Europe that have built high-quality products and customer bases, without venture capital.
Bridgepoint has reinvested in Brevo, a European customer engagement software brand, as part of the company’s latest €500m financing round. As a result of the round, Brevo has officially become a unicorn for the first time. Bridgepoint has reinvested as a minority shareholder through Bridgepoint Development Capital V, a lower middle-market fund focused on supporting fast-growing businesses across Europe.
DMI Alternatives has closed $120m for its first private credit fund and hired Harein Uppal, previously with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, to head the platform, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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