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Major US private equity firms have resumed graduate recruitment after delaying their traditional summer hiring cycle by around six months, following criticism from senior investment banking and private equity executives over early recruiting practices, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Vauban Infrastructure Partners has appointed Olivier Guerrini as investment director. He joins the firm’s 40-person investment team, with individuals based in Paris and Munich. Guerrini will be joining the Paris team. He brings expertise across the energy transition, complementing Vauban’s existing capabilities.
Oaktree Capital Management, LP (Oaktree) has appointed James Lindsay, CFA, to its European Capital Formation team as a Managing Director, Head of UK Institutional, with responsibility for business development across the UK institutional market. He will be based in London and report to Peter Preisler, Head of Europe and Africa, Capital Formation, at Oaktree.
I Squared Capital is close to acquiring infrastructure safety company Ramudden Global from European private equity firm Triton in a deal valuing the business at around €2.5bn, including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
HIG Growth Partners, the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has sold its portfolio company ProsperOps, Inc, a provider of autonomous cloud cost optimisation software, to Flexera, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo.
Keensight Capital (Keensight), a private equity firm focusing on pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Stephane Prats as a partner and head of Keensight Performance.
Private equity firms are expected to step up middle-market M&A activity in 2026 as confidence among dealmakers improves, according to a report by Reuters citing Citizens Financial. The bank’s survey of around 400 middle-market company executives and private equity professionals found that 58% expect M&A volumes to increase this year, following a 2025 dominated by large-cap transactions.
Monroe Capital LLC (Monroe), has made the final close of its 2025 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund V (Fund V), bringing total investable capital to $6.1bn across the fund, targeted fund-level leverage, and separately managed accounts pursuing the same investment strategy. Fund V will continue Monroe’s focus on providing senior secured financing solutions to private equity sponsored and non-sponsored, lower middle-market US companies with approximately $35m or less in EBITDA.
KKR has agreed to acquire Arctos Partners, valuing the sports-focused private markets firm at approximately $1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the transaction.
Buyout firm Hg Capital has agreed to acquire US financial software provider OneStream in an all-cash take-private transaction valuing the company at $6.4bn, less than two years after the company completed its listing on Nasdaq.
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