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ECI Partners, a mid-market private equity firm which manages funds of over £2bn, and made two new hires – Ben Kirrage as an Investment Manager, and Georgia Ling as an Investment Analyst, as it scales its investment team.
Boyu Capital is set to acquire a controlling stake in Starbucks’ China operations in a transaction valuing the business at around $4bn, marking one of the largest divestments by a Western consumer brand in China in recent years, according to a report by Reuters.
TriArtisan Capital Advisors, the private equity firm that owns TGI Fridays, has agreed to acquire Denny’s Corp in a $620m take-private deal, marking the latest in a wave of restaurant sector buyouts, according to a report by Reuters.
Montagu, a mid-market private equity firm, has closed a €2bn single-asset continuation vehicle to extend its partnership with Wireless Logic, an Internet of Things platform provider. The oversubscribed fund, which is the largest single-asset continuation vehicle completed in Europe this year, will be managed by Montagu, with TPG GP Solutions as lead investor and CVC Secondary Partners and Partners Group as co-leads.
Global investment firm Carlyle has partnered with SBI PE Holdings, Inc, a private equity business of Japanese financial services company SBI Group, to support SBI’s expansion of private credit opportunities for Japanese institutional investors. The partnership is SBI Group’s first full-scale entry into the private credit market.
Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital has reported a rise in its Q3 profit, powered by strong performance across its credit and real-assets units, according to a report by Reuters.
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private investment firm specialising in government-regulated industries, has closed its fund Arlington Capital Partners VII, with capital commitments totalling $6bn. The fund was oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap in less than five months and surpassing its $4.75bn target. This represents a 57% increase over Arlington’s previous fund, which closed in 2023, and a more than 250% increase from its fifth fund, which closed in 2019.
The Carlyle Group expects a stronger finish to 2025, forecasting an uptick in deal activity despite lower third-quarter earnings from its private equity unit that weighed on overall results, according to a report by Reuters.
Apollo Global Management has partnered with venture capital firm 8VC to roll out a new investment vehicle aimed at technology firms in industries such as aerospace, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, logistics and natural resources, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Brisbane-based Fortitude Investment Partners is seeking to raise AUD200m for its debut private equity fund, marking a shift from its deal-by-deal investment approach to a committed capital model, according to a report by the Financial Review.
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