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Los Angeles-based Aurora Capital Partners has closed its seventh middle-market private equity fund, Aurora Equity Partners VII, with $2.1bn in total capital commitments, its largest fund to date, exceeding its initial fundraising target.
Legence, a San Jose-based engineering and maintenance services provider backed by Blackstone, has raised $728m in its US initial public offering, pricing 26 million shares at $28 each, according to a report by Reuters.
Lenders have begun pre-marketing a £1.8bn debt package to finance KKR’s £4.2bn acquisition of Spectris, the UK-listed precision testing equipment and software manufacturer, according to a report by Bloomberg.
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, has appointed Nikhil Hanmantgad as Managing Director in its Private Equity arm, strengthening the firm’s global healthcare investment team.
Warburg Pincus’ acquisition of data centre services provider Park Place Technologies has been backed by a $3.6bn private credit package led by Blackstone and Ares Management, underscoring the growing role of direct lenders in large-cap private equity deals, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Carlyle Group is preparing to raise more than $4bn for a new portfolio finance vehicle through its AlpInvest unit, giving LPs and GPs fresh options to unlock liquidity from illiquid private equity stakes, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Starbucks is moving into the final stages of its planned sale of a stake in its China business, with major private equity firms including Carlyle Group and EQT among those preparing final bids, according to a report by Reuters.
PAI Partners has sold part of its holding in Belgian infrastructure services provider Infra Group to a group of investors led by ICG, in a deal that values the business at around €3bn ($3.5bn), according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Chicago-based private equity firm Pritzker Private Capital is exploring a sale of Sprayway, the cleaning products brand owned by its portfolio company PLZ Corp, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Family offices are trimming private equity allocations in favour of public equities, according to a report by Bloomberg citing Goldman Sachs’ latest global family office survey, which highlights shifting portfolio strategies among the world’s wealthiest investors.
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