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Portage Point Partners, a blue chip advisory, consulting, interim management, investment banking and financial services firm focused on the middle market, has appointed Lance Carr as managing director and head of valuations. He brings nearly two decades of experience in valuations, mergers and acquisitions advisory, financial reporting, and tax compliance across industries including business services, healthcare services, healthcare information technology, pharmaceuticals, and consumer.
MML Capital has closed MML Dorchester SCSp, a new continuation vehicle capitalised with over €630m of investor commitments. The fund has been established to acquire interests in two European business services companies currently held across prior MML Partnership Capital funds, alongside stakes held by other shareholders.
The private equity owners of the UK’s two largest roadside recovery businesses, the AA and the RAC, are moving toward potential exits next year, with both companies targeting valuations of around £5bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Coca-Cola held last-ditch talks with private equity firm TDR Capital over the weekend in a bid to to salvage the proposed deal for the sale of Costa Coffee after negotiations stalled over price, according to a report by the Financial Times.
US-based private investment firm SK Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Swixx Biopharma from HBM Healthcare Investments AG and other investors including PE firm Mérieux Equity Partners in a deal that values the pharmaceutical services group at over €1.5bn.
Japan’s mergers and acquisitions market is expected to remain strong through 2026, supported by larger deal sizes and increasingly sophisticated financing structures involving private capital, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs executive.
Sports-focussed private investment firm Apex has launched a new fund aimed at acquiring minority stakes in smaller European sports teams and leagues, targeting assets valued between €50m and €500m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti says the firm has deliberately avoided the wave of partnerships between alt asset managers and traditional investment houses aimed at accelerating access to retail investors — particularly in the fast-evolving 401(k) channel, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm Carnelian Energy Capital is seeking to sell six North American oil and gas investments, in a move that would represent the bulk of its oil and gas portfolio and roughly 40% of its overall investments, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
Jean-Marie Laurent Josi, CEO of Brussels-based private equity firm Cobepa, has warned that the private equity industry faces a potential downturn, with only the thriving secondaries market preventing a major correction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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