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Indian pharmaceutical company Gujarat Themis Biosyn has secured private credit financing to support its JPY21.5bn ($135m) acquisition of Japanese drugmaker MicroBiopharm Japan, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC has ended its pursuit of Bodycote, removing the final competing bid for the UK-listed thermal processing specialist and leaving Veritas Capital on track to complete its £1.85bn ($2.45bn) acquisition, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
Aviation services company AAR has agreed to acquire a 65% stake in Bain Capital-backed aircraft maintenance provider MRO Holdings for approximately $1.8bn, in a deal that will see the PE firm retain an interest in the business, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Golden Gate Capital is facing a lawsuit from policyholders of struggling life insurer PHL Variable Insurance Company, who allege that the private equity firm and its affiliate Nassau Financial Group mismanaged the business and contributed to a $2.2bn capital shortfall, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Singaporean state investment company Temasek Holdings has acquired a 9% minority interest in the management company of Italian private equity firm FSI, strengthening an existing relationship between the two investors that dates back to 2018, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Bridgepoint and Astorg are considering a potential sale of Irish financial software provider Fenergo at a valuation of more than £2bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a reminder to asset managers, auditors and other market participants to strengthen their approach to valuing private assets and explaining those valuations to investors as liquidity pressures across private markets increase, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Investor withdrawal requests from some of the largest private credit funds aimed at retail and high-net-worth investors fell during the third quarter, suggesting that redemption pressure across the asset class may be beginning to moderate, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Apax is in advanced discussions to acquire Warburg Pincus’ interest in Dutch telecoms operator Odido, potentially taking sole private equity ownership of the business at a valuation of about €6.5bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Joe Baratta, one of Blackstone’s longest-serving senior executives and a key figure in the firm’s private equity business, is set to leave the alternative asset manager by the end of the year after 28 years with the firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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