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Apollo Global Management has reached a settlement with two former senior executives of its insurance affiliate Athene Holding, resolving a long-running dispute just days before the case was due to go to trial in New York, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The European private credit market is poised for significant growth and could begin to rival the US, according to a report by Bloomberg citing the findings a new report from Moody’s Ratings, the bond credit rating business of Moody’s Corporation.
US buyout firm GTCR is exploring a potential acquisition of residential security company SimpliSafe, currently owned by Hellman & Friedman, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
CapVest Partners has lined up around €1.4bn of payment-in-kind (PIK) debt from private credit lenders, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management and KKR, to back its acquisition of a majority stake in Stada Arzneimittel AG, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The Carlyle Group has raised $20bn to deploy into the booming private equity secondaries market, as investors look to offload holdings built up during a slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, according to a report by Reuters.
Starbucks’ China operations have drawn non-binding offers from PE firms, including Carlyle, EQT, Hillhouse, Primavera Capital, Bain Capital and KKR, that value the business at around $5bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Middle-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital has held the the final closing of Peak Rock Capital Fund IV LP and Peak Rock Capital Credit Fund III LP and their parallel funds raising over $3bn across the two vehicles.
Nuveen has formed a strategic partnership with Hunter Point Capital and Temasek to expand its presence in private credit, one of the fastest-growing areas of the private market space, according to a report by Reuters.
Global PE and private credit firms are accelerating their push into Asia’s fast-growing education sector, with the likes of Apollo Global Management and KKR backing large-scale school operators to capitalise on surging demand for private education across the region, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Jefferies has hired Frederic Giovansili, the former deputy CEO of French alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital, and relocated him from Paris to London to spearhead the bank’s private credit strategy, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
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