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Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi has agreed to acquire a 9.9% stake in London-listed alternative asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), in a move designed to accelerate its private markets strategy under the firm’s 2025-28 “Invest for the Future” plan, according to a report by Reuters.
Keensight Capital, one of the leading private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has made two senior appointments in its Human Resources team.
Hong Kong-based buy-out firm FirstLight Capital, co-led by former Alibaba Group chairman Daniel Zhang, is seeking to raise a US-dollar-denominated fund of about $1bn for its inaugural vehicle, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
CVC Capital Partners, one of the world’s largest private equity managers, has reported realisations of €15.4bn as of end-September, ahead of its previous full-year guidance.
US buyout firm Thoma Bravo has made a takeover offer for Clearwater Analytics, the Boise-based investment software company, which would see the firm taken private, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
Alex Lubar, formerly global chief executive of DDB Worldwide, has left the Omnicom Group agency network to take the role of CEO at Fundamentalco, a brand consulting firm that works closely with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Aquilius Investment Partners has expanded its private equity secondaries capabilities with the hire of former HarbourVest principal Martin Yung and the opening of a new Hong Kong office, according to a report by Secondaries Investor.
Warburg Pincus has raised more than $12bn in the first close of its latest global private equity vehicle, putting the firm on track to exceed its $17bn target despite a challenging fundraising environment for the sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Blue Owl Capital has seen its shares drop to their lowest level since December 2023 following the firm’s decision to restrict redemptions from one of its oldest private credit funds, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has strengthened its Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group with appointment of Heather Weigel as a partner in New York.
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