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Australia’s largest pension managers, including AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super, are this week travelling to France and the UK as part of a renewed effort to expand private market investments in Europe, following a similar outreach trip to the United States last month, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private credit managers across Asia are weighing a series of structural adjustments, including longer lock-up periods and revised redemption limits, as recent stress in parts of the US market feeds growing concern among investors and regulators in the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Switzerland-based private markets investor Partners Group has completed fundraising for its eighth private equity secondaries program, securing more than $9bn in total commitments across a mix of fund and co-investment vehicles, the firm said.
The San Diego Padres are poised to change hands in a landmark $3.9bn transaction, with the Seidler family agreeing to sell the Major League Baseball franchise to José E Feliciano, co-founder of private investment firm Clearlake Capital, and his wife Kwanza Jones, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
AirAsia Aviation Group is testing investor appetite with a $230m private credit transaction arranged by Deutsche Bank, as the airline sector faces renewed pressure from rising fuel costs, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the deal.
Flow Capital Partners plans to offer its $150m private credit fund on a Singapore-based blockchain platform, marking one of the first moves by an Asian asset manager into tokenised private credit, according to the firm.
TPG has invested $100m in Zum, valuing the US student transportation and mobility company at approximately $1.7 billion. The investment, through TPG’s Rise Funds impact investing platform, increases Zum’s total capital raised to around $430m, according to a report by Reuters.
US private equity firms KKR and Apollo Global Management are among several potential bidders exploring an acquisition of Portuguese packaging company Logoplaste, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
European private investment major EQT is restarting the sale of its mainland China contact lens business Ginko International, targeting a valuation of at least $1bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Global private equity exit activity declined in the first quarter of 2026, with total deal volume falling 6.25% year over year to 720 exits, down from 768 in the same period last year, according to analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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